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From: Justin <jlec@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] kdump
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:54:24
Message-Id: 5152DDE7.9060005@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] kdump by Rich Freeman
1 On 27/03/13 12:40, Rich Freeman wrote:
2 > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 7:27 AM, Justin <jlec@g.o> wrote:
3 >>
4 >> if someone is interested in implementing any infrastructure for a more
5 >> advanced usage of kdump for gentoo, please contact me.
6 >>
7 >
8 > I've blogged a bit about this and wrote the wiki page. However, the
9 > last time I actually tried to use kdump it wasn't working. I don't
10 > remember the details. I know I could boot another kernel immediately,
11 > but if I loaded a crash kernel it wouldn't actually boot on a panic.
12 >
13 > It would be nice to have a more official solution for this on Gentoo.
14 > I don't mind messing around with it. I don't have a ton of time but
15 > if you want to take the lead I can try to pitch in a bit.
16 >
17 > Rich
18 >
19
20 Hi,
21
22 Actually I don't need kdump that's why I asked for some input.
23
24 During the version bump today, I saw that fedora is providing lots of
25 script and services for it. So I thought someone might be interested and
26 port that to gentoo.
27
28 kexec itself is working fine on gentoo.
29
30 Justin

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Re: [gentoo-dev] kdump Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>