Hi HATAYAMA-san, Thank you for the patches. I'll read them. However, I am busy now, so I'll answer in November. Thanks, tachibana On 2011/10/12 00:13:38 +0900, HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatayama at jp.fujitsu.com> wrote: > The following series implements Fujitsu stand-alone dump (sadump) > format support for makedumpfile, converting sadump-related formats > into kdump-compressed format. > > Based on makedumpfile version 1.4.0. > > Here is summary of the changes. > > No debug information on sadump-related formats > ============================================== > > Unlike other dump mechanisms, VMCORE created by sadump has NO debug > information including VMCOREINFO. So, -x VMLINUX is definitely > necessary. > > Debug information gained from VMLINUX is used for: > > 1. creating VMCOREINFO dynamically, saved in resulting dumpfiles > in kdump-compressed format, and > > 2. gaining symbolic and type information necessary to refer to ELF > note information contained in VMCORE generated by kdump at > crash, and to estimate phys_base value. > > If no VMLINUX is specified, dumpfile with no VMCOREINFO and ELF note > is generated on the current implementation. > > > Command-line interface change > ============================= > > Introduce --diskset=VMCORE to pass multiple VMCOREs in a single > commnad-line input. > > makedumpfile [OPTION] -x VMLINUX --diskset=VMCORE1 --diskset=VMCORE2 \ > [--diskset=VMCORE3 ..] DUMPFILE > > > Architectures > ============= > > X86 and X86_64. > > On the other unsupported architectures, sadump-related source files > are never compiled and linked into makedumpfile executable. > > --- > > HATAYAMA Daisuke (12): > Add description of sadump-related formats in manual page > Add description of sadump-related formts in usage information > Generate and save VMCOREINFO and ELF note information > Estimate phys_base based on linux_banner position > Implement readmem() interface on sadump-related formats > Initialize debug information for ELF note extraction > Initialize internal data according to sadump-related formats > Export helpers for bitmap table handling > Verify and read VMCORE(s) in sadump-related formats > Implement command-line processing > Extend DumpInfo structure > Add sadump module header file > > > Makefile | 6 > elf_info.c | 2 > makedumpfile.8 | 22 + > makedumpfile.c | 397 ++++++++++--- > makedumpfile.h | 163 +++++ > print_info.c | 10 > sadump_info.c | 1713 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > sadump_info.h | 159 +++++ > sadump_mod.h | 186 ++++++ > 9 files changed, 2578 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 sadump_info.c > create mode 100644 sadump_info.h > create mode 100644 sadump_mod.h > > -- > Thanks, > HATAYAMA, Daisuke > > > _______________________________________________ > kexec mailing list > kexec at lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec
