On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 06:32:32PM -0800, Jay Lan wrote: > IA64 kdump kernel failed to initialize /proc/vmcore in 2.6.28-rc2. > A bug was introduced in this patch commit: > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=d9a9855d0b06ca6d6cc92596fedcc03f8512e062 > > The problem was that the call to reserve_elfcorehdr() should be placed > in CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP rather than in CONFIG_CRASH_KERNEL, which does > not exist. > > The patch fixes the problem. > > Signed-off-by: Jay Lan <jlan@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > Index: linux/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c > =================================================================== > --- linux.orig/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c 2008-11-06 18:01:18.000000000 -0800 > +++ linux/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c 2008-11-06 18:05:42.047332827 -0800 > @@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ reserve_memory (void) > } > #endif > > -#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_KERNEL > +#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP > if (reserve_elfcorehdr(&rsvd_region[n].start, > &rsvd_region[n].end) == 0) > n++; -- Simon Horman VA Linux Systems Japan K.K., Sydney, Australia Satellite Office H: www.vergenet.net/~horms/ W: www.valinux.co.jp/en -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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