Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 14:15:02 +0100 From: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> To: John Dison <jdison16@yahoo.com>, "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Kernel crash dumps and swap Message-ID: <55E99956.9020507@multiplay.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <1660801547.1426758.1441364010636.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> References: <55E97248.80009@multiplay.co.uk> <1660801547.1426758.1441364010636.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com>
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That is correct, I would suggest raising a PR to get this clarified. On 04/09/2015 11:53, John Dison wrote: > So if I use dumpdev="/path/to/dev" I can have kernel crash dumps > without swap enabled? > This should be clarified in documentation IMO, right now I have an > impression that swap is mandatory for crash dumps to work. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> > *To:* freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > *Sent:* Friday, September 4, 2015 1:28 PM > *Subject:* Re: Kernel crash dumps and swap > > That's correct as the default for dumpdev="auto" in rc.conf is for dump > to use swap devices, so in order for dump to locate a device to dump to > in this case swap must be enabled. > >
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