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Date:      Thu, 3 Mar 2011 21:05:07 +0300
From:      Chagin Dmitry <dchagin@freebsd.org>
To:        Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r219138 - head/usr.bin/kdump
Message-ID:  <20110303180507.GB6049@dchagin.static.corbina.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20110303141458.10926vfwryvbcgg8@webmail.leidinger.net>
References:  <201103011642.p21GgTaH041022@svn.freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1103031112230.91619@fledge.watson.org> <20110303141458.10926vfwryvbcgg8@webmail.leidinger.net>

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On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 02:14:58PM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> Quoting Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> (from Thu, 3 Mar 2011  
> 11:14:59 +0000 (GMT)):
> 
> >
> > On Tue, 1 Mar 2011, Dmitry Chagin wrote:
> >
> >> Teach kdump to decode linux syscalls names too.
> >>
> >> Fix bug introduced in my previous commit: the kernel always dump native
> >> signal numbers, so no need to check the ABI in ktrpsig().
> >
> > Does this mean that we're eliminating the need for the long-broken  
> > linux_kdump?
> 
> For the linux parts there is (L?)GPLed code in linux_kdump (the main  
> reason that it is a port, I think), it is unlikely that someone sits  
> there and will do a clean-room implementation of those linux-kernel  
> derived things (I like to get proven wrong, anyone out there accepts  
> the challenge? ;-) ). Dmitry provided an updated linux-kdump which  
> contains preprocessed things (no need to have a non-default  
> linuxulator setup). I have the corresponding PR assigned to me, but  
> from his comments it looks like his new version depends upon his  
> changes and does not DTRT without them (I am awaiting confirmation,  
> and I asked about changes to let it DTRT if this is true).
> 

It will be mergeed soon, I'll let you know. thnx!

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Have fun!
chd

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