>>[...]
>> >> BTW, I think we should fix the manuals as well. There are some wrong
>> >> statements "-E option must be specified with this option" and
>> >> some examples implicate that -E option is necessary to Xen dump.
>> >
>> >Good point. Should I send it as a separate patch, or include it in a
>> >patch set and resend?
>>
>> I prefer a separate patch, but I don't mind either way.
>
>OK, here you go:
Perfect, I'll merge these two patches into v1.5.9.
Thanks
Atsushi Kumagai
>Remove notes about ELF being the only available format for Xen dumps
>
>Since Xen dumps can now be stored in compressed formats, adjust documentation
>that claims the opposite.
>
>Signed-off-by: Petr Tesarik <ptesarik at suse.com>
>
>---
> makedumpfile.8 | 5 +----
> print_info.c | 4 ++--
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/makedumpfile.8 b/makedumpfile.8
>index 2d38cd0..3f66d73 100644
>--- a/makedumpfile.8
>+++ b/makedumpfile.8
>@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ makedumpfile \- make a small dumpfile of kdump
> .br
> \fBmakedumpfile\fR \-g \fIVMCOREINFO\fR \-x \fIVMLINUX\fR
> .br
>-\fBmakedumpfile\fR \-E [\-\-xen-syms \fIXEN-SYMS\fR|\-\-xen-vmcoreinfo \fIVMCOREINFO\fR] \fIVMCORE\fR \fIDUMPFILE\fR
>+\fBmakedumpfile\fR [\fIOPTION\fR] [\-\-xen-syms \fIXEN-SYMS\fR|\-\-xen-vmcoreinfo \fIVMCOREINFO\fR] \fIVMCORE\fR
>\fIDUMPFILE\fR
> .br
> \fBmakedumpfile\fR \-\-dump-dmesg [\-x \fIVMLINUX\fR|\-i \fIVMCOREINFO\fR] \fIVMCORE\fR \fILOGFILE\fR
> .br
>@@ -441,7 +441,6 @@ This option is mainly for debugging.
> \fB\-\-xen-syms\fR \fIXEN-SYMS\fR
> Specify the \fIXEN-SYMS\fR with debug information to analyze the xen's memory usage.
> This option extracts the part of xen and domain-0.
>-\-E option must be specified with this option.
> .br
> .B Example:
> .br
>@@ -453,7 +452,6 @@ Specify \fIVMCOREINFO\fR instead of \fIXEN-SYMS\fR for analyzing the xen's memor
> .br
> \fIVMCOREINFO\fR should be made beforehand by makedumpfile with \-g option, and
> it contains the xen's information.
>-\-E option must be specified with this option.
> .br
> .B Example:
> .br
>@@ -464,7 +462,6 @@ it contains the xen's information.
> Exclude all the user domain pages from Xen kdump's \fIVMCORE\fR, and extracts the
> part of xen and domain-0. If \fIVMCORE\fR contains \fIVMCOREINFO\fR for Xen, it is
> not necessary to specify \fI\-\-xen-syms\fR and \fI\-\-xen-vmcoreinfo\fR.
>-\-E option must be specified with this option.
> .br
> .B Example:
> .br
>diff --git a/print_info.c b/print_info.c
>index 9c36bec..4857b39 100644
>--- a/print_info.c
>+++ b/print_info.c
>@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ print_usage(void)
> MSG("\n");
> MSG("\n");
> MSG(" Creating DUMPFILE of Xen:\n");
>- MSG(" # makedumpfile -E [--xen-syms XEN-SYMS|--xen-vmcoreinfo VMCOREINFO] VMCORE DUMPFILE\n");
>+ MSG(" # makedumpfile [-c|-l|-p|-E] [--xen-syms XEN-SYMS|--xen-vmcoreinfo VMCOREINFO] VMCORE DUMPFILE\n");
> MSG("\n");
> MSG(" Filtering domain-0 of Xen:\n");
>- MSG(" # makedumpfile -E -d DL -x vmlinux VMCORE DUMPFILE\n");
>+ MSG(" # makedumpfile [-c|-l|-p|-E] -d DL -x vmlinux VMCORE DUMPFILE\n");
> MSG("\n");
> MSG(" Generating VMCOREINFO of Xen:\n");
> MSG(" # makedumpfile -g VMCOREINFO --xen-syms XEN-SYMS\n");
