From: "Sachin P. Sant" <sachinp@in•ibm.com>
To: michael@ellerman•id.au
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs•org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Fix /dev/oldmem for kdump
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:02:10 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <486C726A.9080606@in.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1215065710.17950.12.camel@localhost>
Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Even though I wrote this, it was so long ago I can't really vouch for
> it. If you've tested it and it works Sachin then we should merge it. Is
> this fix in distros or does it not apply?
>
Yes, i have tested this on couple of power boxes and the patch
works fine. [ i can copy dump using both /proc/vmcore and /dev/oldmem
interface ]
No this fix is not part of distro ATM. But yes it applies to distros
also. Once it is merged upstream, distros will eventually pick this up.
Thanks
-Sachin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-03 6:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-06-26 10:55 [PATCH] powerpc: Fix /dev/oldmem for kdump Sachin P. Sant
2008-07-03 6:15 ` Michael Ellerman
2008-07-03 6:32 ` Sachin P. Sant [this message]
2008-07-03 6:36 ` Michael Ellerman
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