[PATCH makedumpfile v2 0/4] LZO Compression Support

[Bouchard Louis]

Hello,

Le 28/03/2012 09:50, HATAYAMA Daisuke a écrit :
> 
> Yes, I of course agree with the fact that makedumpfile for kdump 2nd
> kernel should always be built in statically linked way.
> 
> But I think two problems are different, that is, the problem making
> users easily able to choose build option by autotools, and the problem
> guranteeing that the makedumpfile for kdump 2nd kernel be built always
> statically.
> 

I don't see why it should be statically linked. Debian & Ubuntu both use
a dynamically linked makedumpfile for the 2nd kdump kernel.

Debian executes makedumpfile on the 'real' root FS while Ubuntu runs it
in the initramfs. It is simply a chroot on the root FS being mounted on
/root.

HTH,

...Louis
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Louis Bouchard
Backline Support Analyst
Canonical Ltd
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