From: Chris F. <cfr...@no...> - 2002-10-31 18:10:49
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Linus Torvalds wrote: > In particular when it comes to this project, I'm told about > "netdump", which doesn't try to dump to a disk, but over the net. > And quite frankly, my immediate reaction is to say "Hell, I > _never_ want the dump touching my disk, but over the network > sounds like a great idea". > > To me this says "LKCD is stupid". Which means that I'm not going to apply > it, and I'm going to need some real reason to do so - ie being proven > wrong in the field. How do you deal with netdump when your network driver is what caused the crash? Ideally I would like to see a dump framework that can have a number of possible dump targets. We should be able to dump to any combination of network, serial, disk, flash, unused ram that isn't wiped over restarts, etc... Chris -- Chris Friesen | MailStop: 043/33/F10 Nortel Networks | work: (613) 765-0557 3500 Carling Avenue | fax: (613) 765-2986 Nepean, ON K2H 8E9 Canada | email: cfr...@no... |