Attaching debdiffs for Utopic and Trusty. The patch fixes this issue:
$ sudo kdump-config load Cannot open `/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-14-generic': No such file or directory * failed to load kdump kernel Test OK on Utopic: $ sudo kdump-config load Modified cmdline:BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinux-3.16.0-14-generic root=UUID=780a7cc8-faf1-4613-bc3b-9b9fda9f0862 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 irqpoll maxcpus=1 nousb elfcorehdr=154688K segment[0].mem:0x8000000 memsz:24117248 segment[1].mem:0x9700000 memsz:65536 segment[2].mem:0x9710000 memsz:65536 segment[3].mem:0x9720000 memsz:65536 segment[4].mem:0x9730000 memsz:21692416 segment[5].mem:0xfff0000 memsz:65536 * loaded kdump kernel $ sudo kdump-config test | grep -A1 'kdump kernel:' kdump kernel: /boot/vmlinux-3.16.0-14-generic $ sudo kdump-config status current state : ready to kdump Test OK on Trusty: $ sudo kdump-config load Modified cmdline:BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinux-3.13.0-35-generic root=UUID=742d5ea0-2a70-4a5a-a8eb-7215d36a4caa ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 irqpoll maxcpus=1 nousb elfcorehdr=157440K segment[0].mem:0x8000000 memsz:26935296 segment[1].mem:0x99b0000 memsz:65536 segment[2].mem:0x99c0000 memsz:65536 segment[3].mem:0x99d0000 memsz:65536 segment[4].mem:0x99e0000 memsz:20054016 segment[5].mem:0xfff0000 memsz:65536 * loaded kdump kernel $ sudo kdump-config test | grep -A1 'kdump kernel:' kdump kernel: /boot/vmlinux-3.13.0-35-generic $ sudo kdump-config status current state : ready to kdump -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to makedumpfile in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1324544 Title: kdump-config load fails with vmlinux kernel (vs. vmlinuz) Status in “makedumpfile” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: On ppc64el, there's no vmlinu/z/, only vmlinu/x/. Thus, kdump-config load fails as follows: # kdump-config load Cannot open `/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-27-generic': No such file or directory * failed to load kdump kernel This small patch (attached) fixes the issue. It defaults KDUMP_KERNEL to vmlinux if vmlinuz is not found. # cd /usr/sbin && patch -p1 < ~/kdump-config-vmlinux.patch patching file kdump-config # kdump-config load [...] * loaded kdump kernel To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/makedumpfile/+bug/1324544/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp