Date: 02 Apr 2002 16:47:51 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/ia64/ia64 ia64dump.c Message-ID: <xzp3cyeupgo.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1020402093647.20010Z-100000@fledge.watson.org> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1020402093647.20010Z-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> writes: > As long as no one expects the dump format to be static, we should have no > problem as we migrate to desDUMP. What are the features missing from our > older dump formats that are required -- the ability to sparsely store > chunks of address space, etc? That, and the ability to save a dump written by a different kernel than the one currently running, possibly even by a different machine. Currently, savecore(8) uses the running kernel's idea of dumplo etc. to locate the dump. This will also rid us of savecore's dependency on libkvm. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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