Hello Louis, >Hello, > >Every so often, I get questions or bug report about the fact that makedumpfile >issues the following message when running : > > The kernel version is not supported. > The created dumpfile may be incomplete. > >While I understand the requirement for this message, it almost systematically is >understood by users as "makedumpfile is broken". I don't think the message itself is bad, the situation for users has a problem, I guess. If a distribution provides a combination of a kernel and a makedumpfile which doesn't support it, it stands to reason that users send a bug report. >I would like to discuss the opportunity of changing the wording of this message >so it appears less confusing. Maybe something like : > >Warning: makedumpfile has not been tested on this version of the kernel. > If the created dumpfile is incomplete, you may need to upgrade to a > newer version of makedumpfile. I suspect such message doesn't make sense because even the latest makedumpfile doesn't support the kernel version in your most cases, right ? I know I have to work harder for following up the latest kernel ASAP, but I don't agree with your suggestion. Thanks, Atsushi Kumagai >I would be happy to propose a pull request for such a change if accepted. > >Kind regards, > >...Louis > > >-- >Louis Bouchard >Software engineer, Cloud & Sustaining eng. >Canonical Ltd >Ubuntu developer Debian Maintainer >GPG : 429D 7A3B DD05 B6F8 AF63 B9C4 8B3D 867C 823E 7A61 > >_______________________________________________ >kexec mailing list >kexec at lists.infradead.org >http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec
