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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