Can't kexec/kdump on mpc85xx

[Makito SHIOKAWA]

(2010/09/30 0:58), Matthew McClintock wrote:

> There are some other patches I sent upstream after 2.6.35 that fix these issues...

I've missed your recent patches. After applying below patches to linux-2.6.35, 
CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP, CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE were settable and second kernel booted 
normally on "kexec -p".

* powerpc/kexec: Adds correct calling convention for kexec purgatory
* powerpc/85xx: kexec for SMP 85xx BookE systems
* powerpc/crashdump: Fix issues with kexec and 36bit physical addr

And at last, I could see /proc/vmcore!

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warning: exec file is newer than core file.
#0  0xc01b8054 in sysrq_handle_crash (key=99, tty=0x0)
     at drivers/char/sysrq.c:135
135     drivers/char/sysrq.c: No such file or directory.
         in drivers/char/sysrq.c
(gdb) bt
#0  0xc01b8054 in sysrq_handle_crash (key=99, tty=0x0)
     at drivers/char/sysrq.c:135
#1  0xc01b831c in __handle_sysrq (key=99, tty=0x0, check_mask=0)
     at drivers/char/sysrq.c:523
#2  0xc01b847c in write_sysrq_trigger (file=<value optimized out>,
     buf=<value optimized out>, count=2, ppos=0xc01bf3b0)
     at drivers/char/sysrq.c:768
#3  0xc00f1cfc in proc_reg_write (file=0x63, buf=0x0, count=4294967295,
     ppos=0xc01bf3b0) at fs/proc/inode.c:185
#4  0xc00a94e0 in vfs_write (file=0xdfb84400,
     buf=0x48020000 <Address 0x48020000 out of bounds>,
     count=<value optimized out>, pos=0xdfbbbf20) at fs/read_write.c:366
#5  0xc00a96bc in sys_write (fd=<value optimized out>,
     buf=0x48020000 <Address 0x48020000 out of bounds>, count=2)
     at fs/read_write.c:418
#6  0xc001059c in syscall_dotrace_cont ()
#7  0xc01b831c in __handle_sysrq (key=2, tty=0xfeb2ff4, check_mask=0)
     at drivers/char/sysrq.c:523
#8  0x00000000 in ?? ()
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After all, problem was only kexec-tools' cross compiling optimization issue. 
Thanks a lot!

-- 
Makito SHIOKAWA <mshiokawa at miraclelinux.com>