[PATCH][ia64] Fix the difference between node_mem_map and node_start_pfn. (Re: makedumpfile fails on SGI machine)

Bernhard Walle bwalle at suse.de
Fri Aug 29 12:54:36 EDT 2008


Hi,

* Ken'ichi Ohmichi [2008-08-29 15:45]:
>
> 
> > However, shouldn't we add that vmem_map to VMCOREINFO of the kernel?
> 
> I think that we would rather fix the kernel bug than add vmem_map to
> VMCOREINFO of the kernel. If fixing it, makedumpfile does not need
> vmem_map.
> 
> The attached patch fixes the kernel bug, and makedumpfile can work without
> '-x' option. I tested it on my ia64 none-NUMA machine, and it works fine.
> Could you test the attached patch on your machine again ?

Thanks for the patch! This works fine on my machine.


Bernhard


Bernhard
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Bernhard Walle, SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Architecture Development



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