Hello Russell, Simon, On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 10:30 AM, Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This patchset contains two patches: > > [1/2] - Adds a missing uninstall rule to 'Makefile.in' to allow easier > uninstallation of executables and man pages installed via > 'make install' > [2/2] - Removes obsolete kdump tool as per the discussion on kexec > mailing list (see [1] for details), where a conclusion was > reached that with the availability of tools like crash/gdb the > analysis of the crashdump core has become rather easy, and it > makes the kdump tool obsolete. > > Also the same naming convention (man page) causes confusion > when compared to similarly named distribution specific kdump > service/utilities, so its better to remove the same from > kexec-tools. > > I tested the patchset on my apm mustang and qualcomm arm64 boards and > the changes seem to work fine. > > [1] http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2018-April/020483.html > > Cc: Russell King <rmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@xxxxxxxxxx> Ping. Any comments on this? Thanks, Bhupesh > Bhupesh Sharma (2): > Makefile.in: Add uninstall rule > Remove obsolete kdump tool > > Makefile.in | 92 +++++++++++++-- > kdump/Makefile | 30 ----- > kdump/kdump.8 | 39 ------- > kdump/kdump.c | 327 ---------------------------------------------------- > kexec-tools.spec.in | 2 - > 5 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 407 deletions(-) > delete mode 100644 kdump/Makefile > delete mode 100644 kdump/kdump.8 > delete mode 100644 kdump/kdump.c > > -- > 2.7.4 > _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec
