Since this required a large number of patches to be applied to
architecture-neutral files in the gdb-7.6 tree, the changes are
only applied if the host build system is a ppc64le.
(ptesarik@suse.cz, normand@linux.vnet.ibm.com)
more "ramdump" files may be entered on the crash command line
in an ordered pair format consisting of the RAM dump filename
and the starting physical address expressed in hexadecimal,
connected with an ampersand:
$ crash vmlinux ramdump@address [ramdump@address]
A temporary ELF header will be created in /var/tmp, and the
combination of the header and the ramdump file(s) will be handled
like a normal ELF vmcore. The ELF header will only exist during
the crash session. If desired, an optional "-o <filename>"
may be entered to create a permanent ELF vmcore file from the
ramdump file(s).
(vinayakm.list@gmail.com, paawan1982@yahoo.com, anderson@redhat.com)
done from within a previously-existing build tree, "patch -N" the
gdb sources, and start the rebuild from the gdb-<version> directory
instead of the gdb-<version>/gdb directory.
(anderson@redhat.com)
the crash package is built from a directory that was git-cloned
from github.com/crash-utility/crash.git, the error message has
been clarified to indicate "/usr/bin/wget is required to download
gdb-7.6.tar.gz". Without the patch, the message indicates "tar
(child): gdb-7.6.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory".
(anderson@redhat.com)