Re: [Fastboot] [PATCH] Reserving backup region for kexec based crashdumps.

[Eric W. Biederman]

Itsuro Oda <oda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I can't understand why ELF format is necessary.

ELF format is not.  However essentially the information an ELF
provides is.  So using an ELF header to convey that information
is a sane choice of data structure.
 
> I think the only necessary information is "what physical address 
> regions are valid to read". This information is necessary for any
> sort of dump tools. (and must get it while the system is normal.)
> The Eric's /proc/cpumem idea sounds nice to me. 

Patches welcome.

Eric

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/