Re: [RFC] Standard filesystem types for crash dumping

[Jeff Garzik]

Keith Owens wrote:
> Follow ups to lkml please, to keep any discussion on the same list.
>
> Several kernel additions exist for saving crash dump information, among
> them are lkcd, crash, kmsgdump.  They all have the same problems :-
>
> * Where to store the crash data.
> * How to write data when the kernel is unreliable, it may not be
>   servicing interrupts.
> * User space needs to read and clear the dump data.
> * Performance!
> * Coexistence of multiple dump drivers.


Have you tried diskdump?

It already exists, and seems to address these things.

	Jeff


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