version supports running against a live kernel. Compressed kdump
support is also here, but the crash dump support for the kernel,
kexec-tools, and makedumpfile is still pending. Initial work was
done by Karl Volz with help from Bob Picco.
(dave.kleikamp@oracle.com)
initial support is restricted to 32-bit MIPS kernels that are
configured as little-endian. With respect to dumpfile types, only
ELF vmcores are recognized. In addition to building crash as a
32-bit MIPS binary, it is also possible to build crash as an x86
binary on an x86 or x86_64 host so that crash analysis of MIPS
dumpfiles can be performed on an x86 or x86_64 host. The x86 binary
can be built by entering "make target=MIPS" for the initial build;
subsequent builds with MIPS support can be accomplished by entering
"make" alone.
(rabin@rab.in)
