linux/include
Ken'ichi Ohmichi fd59d231f8 Add vmcoreinfo
This patch set frees the restriction that makedumpfile users should install a
vmlinux file (including the debugging information) into each system.

makedumpfile command is the dump filtering feature for kdump.  It creates a
small dumpfile by filtering unnecessary pages for the analysis.  To
distinguish unnecessary pages, it needs a vmlinux file including the debugging
information.  These days, the debugging package becomes a huge file, and it is
hard to install it into each system.

To solve the problem, kdump developers discussed it at lkml and kexec-ml.  As
the result, we reached the conclusion that necessary information for dump
filtering (called "vmcoreinfo") should be embedded into the first kernel file
and it should be accessed through /proc/vmcore during the second kernel.
(http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0707.0/1806.html)

Dan Aloni created the patch set for the above implementation.
(http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0707.1/1053.html)

And I updated it for multi architectures and memory models.
(http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2007-August/000479.html)

Signed-off-by: Dan Aloni <da-x@monatomic.org>
Signed-off-by: Ken'ichi Ohmichi <oomichi@mxs.nes.nec.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-10-17 08:42:54 -07:00
..
acpi ACPI: CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP=n power off regression in 2.6.23-rc8 (NOT in rc7) 2007-09-25 17:58:52 -04:00
asm-alpha kill DECLARE_MUTEX_LOCKED 2007-10-17 08:42:47 -07:00
asm-arm remove strict ansi check from __u64 in asm/types.h 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
asm-arm26 softlockup: make asm/irq_regs.h available on every platform 2007-10-17 08:42:47 -07:00
asm-avr32 remove strict ansi check from __u64 in asm/types.h 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
asm-blackfin remove strict ansi check from __u64 in asm/types.h 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
asm-cris remove strict ansi check from __u64 in asm/types.h 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
asm-frv remove strict ansi check from __u64 in asm/types.h 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
asm-generic unexport asm/shmparam.h 2007-10-17 08:42:47 -07:00
asm-h8300 remove strict ansi check from __u64 in asm/types.h 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
asm-ia64 Add vmcoreinfo 2007-10-17 08:42:54 -07:00
asm-m32r remove strict ansi check from __u64 in asm/types.h 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
asm-m68k remove strict ansi check from __u64 in asm/types.h 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
asm-m68knommu kill DECLARE_MUTEX_LOCKED 2007-10-17 08:42:47 -07:00
asm-mips remove strict ansi check from __u64 in asm/types.h 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
asm-parisc remove strict ansi check from __u64 in asm/types.h 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
asm-powerpc remove strict ansi check from __u64 in asm/types.h 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
asm-ppc softlockup: make asm/irq_regs.h available on every platform 2007-10-17 08:42:47 -07:00
asm-s390 remove strict ansi check from __u64 in asm/types.h 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
asm-sh remove strict ansi check from __u64 in asm/types.h 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
asm-sh64 remove strict ansi check from __u64 in asm/types.h 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
asm-sparc kill DECLARE_MUTEX_LOCKED 2007-10-17 08:42:47 -07:00
asm-sparc64 kill DECLARE_MUTEX_LOCKED 2007-10-17 08:42:47 -07:00
asm-um uml: style fixes in FP code 2007-10-16 09:43:07 -07:00
asm-v850 remove strict ansi check from __u64 in asm/types.h 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
asm-x86 remove strict ansi check from __u64 in asm/types.h 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
asm-xtensa remove strict ansi check from __u64 in asm/types.h 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
crypto [CRYPTO] sha: Add header file for SHA definitions 2007-10-10 16:55:50 -07:00
keys
linux Add vmcoreinfo 2007-10-17 08:42:54 -07:00
math-emu Fix <math-emu/soft-fp.h> tpyo 2007-08-18 17:15:17 -07:00
media v4l: copy_to_user() is not a good method name 2007-10-13 09:58:59 -07:00
mtd UBI: kill homegrown endian macros 2007-07-18 16:53:49 +03:00
net [IPV6]: Replace sk_buff ** with sk_buff * in input handlers 2007-10-15 12:50:28 -07:00
pcmcia pcmcia: use DMA_MASK_NONE for the default for all pcmcia devices 2007-10-16 09:42:50 -07:00
rdma IB/cm: Modify interface to send MRAs in response to duplicate messages 2007-10-09 19:59:17 -07:00
rxrpc
scsi do not export /usr/include/scsi in make headers_install 2007-10-17 08:42:52 -07:00
sound [ALSA] version 1.0.15 2007-10-16 16:57:46 +02:00
video pm2fb: hardware cursor support for the Permedia2 2007-10-16 09:43:18 -07:00
xen xen: xen/page.h compile fix 2007-07-26 11:35:16 -07:00
Kbuild do not export /usr/include/scsi in make headers_install 2007-10-17 08:42:52 -07:00