Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux Kernel Crash Dumps (LKCD) 2.0 Available

From: Matt D. Robinson (yakker@turbolinux.com)
Date: Thu Jul 27 2000 - 18:27:02 EDT

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    Okay, I've put out 2.0.1 -- took out all the extra Configure.help stuff,
    and also took out a census file we had left in there.

    --Matt

    On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, John Silva wrote:
    |>This patch set contains a significant number of apparently unrelated changes
    |>to Configure.help which removes a large number configuration options that
    |>are supported by the newer kernels (for example, most of the updated ATA
    |>controller options are removed)
    |>
    |>Was this the intent?
    |>
    |>----- Original Message -----
    |>From: "Matt D. Robinson" <yakker@turbolinux.com>
    |>To: <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
    |>Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 10:52 AM
    |>Subject: ANNOUNCE: Linux Kernel Crash Dumps (LKCD) 2.0 Available
    |>
    |>
    |>> The 2.0 version of the Linux Kernel Crash Dumps (LKCD) project is now
    |>> available -- this version applies to 2.3.99-pre9 kernels, and includes
    |>> some of Stephen Tweedie's patches for kiobufs (since we need them).
    |>>
    |>> LKCD provides systems with the ability to save a system crash dump when
    |>> the kernel has a panic or exception, and saves the memory to your swap
    |>> space, recovering it on reboot, and creating a crash dump report which
    |>> can be sent to support personnel (or groups like 'lkml', if necessary).
    |>>
    |>> Feel free to download our current patch from:
    |>>
    |>> http://oss.sgi.com/projects/lkcd/download/2.0
    |>>
    |>> You can also look at and contribute to the source project on SourceForge.
    |>> The project's CVS location is at:
    |>>
    |>> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/?cvsroot=lkcd
    |>>
    |>> And as always, information about LKCD, including news, an FAQ, etc.,
    |>> can be found at:
    |>>
    |>> http://oss.sgi.com/projects/lkcd/
    |>>
    |>> A few points to note:
    |>>
    |>> - The x86 version works great, but we're still working on the Alpha and
    |>> IA-64 ports. They're coming along, however ... keep reading the LKCD
    |>> News page for updates. Thanks to Brian Hall for his help with the
    |>> Alpha port.
    |>>
    |>> - While you can build the vmdump code as a *module*, and it works, for now
    |>> just build the vmdump code directly into the kernel -- the reason is
    |>> because we still have to build the ability to perform stack traces when
    |>> the code goes through a module. (And that will take some time to
    |>> complete, as it's kind of ugly to do ...)
    |>>
    |>> - We are no longer limited to SCSI devices, like we were with the 2.2
    |>> kernel version. We're going to try to backport the 2.3 changes into
    |>> 2.2, so we have a universal version.
    |>>
    |>> If you have any other questions, please send me an E-mail, or review
    |>> the FAQ on the oss.sgi.com web site. Thanks.
    |>>
    |>> --Matt
    |>>
    |>>
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