[Mkdump-devel] how to debug mini-kernel not working....

[Tony C. <Ton...@re...>]

I am able to create a 2.6.9 kernel and initrd-minik.img according to the 
README file.
I used the following settings for /etc/mkdump/mkdump:

## mkdump configuration file
# for mkd_load
MKDUMP_DEV=/dev/hda2                    # dump device
MKDUMP_VMLINUX=/boot/minik-2.6.9.bin    # mini kernel binary
MKDUMP_MEM=16M                          # memory size of mini kernel
MKDUMP_PARAM="ro console=ttyS0,19200n8 lpj=2367488 no-hlt dump_delay=65" 
# mini kernel (extra) parameter
#MKDUMP_PARAM="ro lpj=2367488 no-hlt" # mini kernel (extra) parameter
MKDUMP_INITRD="/boot/initrd-minik.img"  # initrd image file path
MKDUMP_TYPE="standard"                  # mkexec load type
# for mkd_save
MKDUMP_DIR=/var/dump                    # dump save directory
MKDUMP_LIMIT=2                          # max number of dump saved
MKDUMP_PREFORMAT=n                      # specify format or not a dump 
device


Basically, the system just reboot on itself.  when I used a longer 
dump_delay, it took longer time to reboot while a smaller dump_delay 
reboot much faster.  So I know the mkd_load/mkexec.o part is probably 
working.

I also used the bzImage created at the same time from the mini-kernel.  
I was able to boot up the system from it so the minikernel serial 
component should be working too. 

Any help? What should be my next step? How to debug this situation?
Thanks.