Re: [PATCH] Remove CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL from kdump

[Bernhard Walle]

* Vivek Goyal [2008-06-26 08:35]:
>
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 10:28:03AM +0200, Bernhard Walle wrote:
> > * Andrew Morton [2008-06-26 01:23]:
> > > >  
> > > >  config PROC_VMCORE
> > > >          bool "/proc/vmcore support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
> > > > -        depends on PROC_FS && EXPERIMENTAL && CRASH_DUMP
> > > > +        depends on PROC_FS && CRASH_DUMP
> > > >  	default y
> > > >          help
> > > >          Exports the dump image of crashed kernel in ELF format.
> > > 
> > > What about powerpc, sh and ia64?
> > 
> > At least for ia64 I wouldn't consider it as experimental. Don't know
> > about SH and PPC. But should we mark it as EXPERIMENTAL on all
> > platforms only because some "exotic" (at least SH) platforms have kdump
> > not very long implemented?
> 
> It has been present long enough on ia64 and ppc64. Only new entry seems
> to be SH. I would think of leaving it EXPERIMENTAL only on SH.

So, "PROC_FS && (!SH || EXPERIMENTAL) && CRASH_DUMP" ?



Bernhard
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Bernhard Walle, SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Architecture Development
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