Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:41:44 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Chagin Dmitry <dchagin@freebsd.org> 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: <20110304094144.18434vywc94oqxs0@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20110303180507.GB6049@dchagin.static.corbina.ru> References: <201103011642.p21GgTaH041022@svn.freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1103031112230.91619@fledge.watson.org> <20110303141458.10926vfwryvbcgg8@webmail.leidinger.net> <20110303180507.GB6049@dchagin.static.corbina.ru>
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Quoting Chagin Dmitry <dchagin@freebsd.org> (from Thu, 3 Mar 2011 21:05:07 +0300): > 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! My comments where not about a MFC, they are about modifying the new linux_kdump to still work on 8.1 or 7.4 (we still support those release in ports). Bye, Alexander. -- Go away, I'm all right. -- H. G. Wells' last words http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137
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