Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sun, 16 Nov 2003 22:56:44 -0600
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Unable to dump on ccd partitions?
Message-ID:  <20031117045644.GC35692@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <20031116233030.GA17937@xor.obsecurity.org>
References:  <20031116231020.GA17653@xor.obsecurity.org> <32746.1069024764@critter.freebsd.dk> <20031116233030.GA17937@xor.obsecurity.org>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
In the last episode (Nov 16), Kris Kennaway said:
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 12:19:24AM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> > In message <20031116231020.GA17653@xor.obsecurity.org>, Kris Kennaway writes:
> > ># dumpon /dev/ccd0b
> > >dumpon: ioctl(DIOCSKERNELDUMP): Invalid argument
> > >
> > >Why doesn't this work?
> > 
> > Because it would require the entire GEOM I/O engine to participate
> > in dumping.
> > 
> > As far as I know you never could dump on CCD.
> 
> Blah, so much for device transparency :(

I guess it depends on how much of the kernel you want to assume is
useable after a panic, too...

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20031117045644.GC35692>