makedumpfile-1.3.4: Support kdump-compressed format for input file.
Ken'ichi Ohmichi
oomichi at mxs.nes.nec.co.jp
Mon Oct 12 21:02:23 EDT 2009
Hi CAI,
Thank you for testing and a good point.
CAI Qian wrote:
>> makedumpfile version 1.3.4 is released.
>> Your comments/patches are welcome.
>>
>> Changelog:
>> o New feature
>> - Support kdump-compressed format for input file. (by Takao Indoh)
>> A new makedumpfile can read dumpfile which is kdump-compressed format
>> instead of /proc/vmcore and re-filter it.
>
> Does it need to specify either a vmlinux or vmcoreinfo file?
Yes, we need to do it for re-filtering now.
But it is not difficult to implement a feature that it is not
necessary to specify either a vmlinux or vmcoreinfo file for
re-filtering. I will try to implement the feature.
Thanks
Ken'ichi Ohmichi
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