makedumpfile-1.3.1: Support linux-2.6.27 and linux-2.6.28.

Ken'ichi Ohmichi oomichi at mxs.nes.nec.co.jp
Thu Nov 27 06:03:44 EST 2008


Hi Bernhard,

Bernhard Walle wrote:
> * Ken'ichi Ohmichi [2008-11-27 10:04]:
>> Changelog:
>>  o New feature
>>    - Support linux-2.6.26 sparsemem on i386.
> 
> BTW: Which option must be enabled for the kernel that this is
> 'sparsemem', i.e. that this support is needed?
> 
>   CONFIG_ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE=y
>   CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_MANUAL
>   CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_STATIC=y
>   CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE

My kernel .config contains the following items, and I had tested
on the kernel.

CONFIG_ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE=y
CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_MANUAL=y
CONFIG_SPARSEMEM=y
CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_STATIC=y
# CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE is not set


Thanks
Ken'ichi Ohmichi



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