Re: [Mkdump-devel] dump to a regular filesystem

[Itsuro O. <od...@va...>]

Hi,

> Is it possible to have the mini kernel to dump the memory to a regular
> filesystem instead of raw partition.

No.

> My goal is to dump the vmcore as fast as possible while using less disk
> space.

I think raw disk is the best way.

> However about compress?

It can be a solution. You can get it to modify a mini-kernel by yourself. :-)

Thanks.

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 19:28:24 -0700
"Tony Chung" <tc...@ap...> wrote:

> Hi,
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> Is it possible to have the mini kernel to dump the memory to a regular
> filesystem instead of raw partition.
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> This is assume that some memory pages are all zero's and so when write
> to a file on the filesystem does not actually occupy any physical block.
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> My goal is to dump the vmcore as fast as possible while using less disk
> space.
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> However about compress?
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> And or partial dump since free lists are probably meaningless?
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> Any comments?
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> Thanks.
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> - Tony
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