Re: savecore can't dump

[Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%rek.tjls.com@localhost>]

On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 04:27:39PM -0600, Michael L. Hitch wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Jun 2009, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
>
>> There is no need for any of these tools to know anything about the currently
>> running kernel.  They will behave no worse in its absence -- though, as yamt
>> has pointed out, in the long run it would be best to enhance what's written
>> to the dump area so that the dumped kernel text or at least the symbol table
>> is included in it.
>
>   How does savecore know where to find the dump?  The last time I was  

*Ahem* let me clear my throat:

        * /dev/ksyms is now mandatory if you want kvm tools to work in
          their default configurations

        * libkvm and its clients can get anything from /dev/ksyms they
          could get from the kernel executable

        * Any case where that's not so is a bug and should be fixed.

Thor