makedumpfile-1.1.5: Xen support

Itsuro ODA oda at valinux.co.jp
Sat Jul 28 06:53:45 EDT 2007


Hi Dave,

>> Changelog:
>> o Add a new feature that extracting the part of xen hypervisor and
>>   domain-0 from /proc/vmcore. In most cases under xen environment,
>>   it is enough to analyze a cause of system crash.
>>   The patch was provided by Itsuro Oda.
>>   Usage:
>>     # makedumpfile -E --xen-syms xen-syms /proc/vmcore dumpfile
>
> Can you verify that the dumpfile created above is usable as both a
> hypervisor dumpfile as well as a dom0 vmlinux dumpfile?  In other
> words, can both of the following sessions be accomplished with the
> resultant dumpfile?
>
>   # crash xen-syms dumpfile
>
> and:
>
>   # crash vmlinux dumpfile
>

Yes.

Thanks.
-- 
Itsuro ODA <oda at valinux.co.jp>




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