Re: support for crashkernel= in 10_linux.in

2009-06-24 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 03:18:08PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 15:11 +0200, Michael Vogt wrote: > > > Maybe - my rational was to keep recovery mode as simple as > > possible. And also in case there is a issue with the crashkernel= > > commandlinethe user is still able to use

Re: support for crashkernel= in 10_linux.in

2009-06-24 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 15:11 +0200, Michael Vogt wrote: > Maybe - my rational was to keep recovery mode as simple as > possible. And also in case there is a issue with the crashkernel= > commandlinethe user is still able to use recovery mode (its pretty > unlikely that there are problems though).

Re: support for crashkernel= in 10_linux.in

2009-06-24 Thread Michael Vogt
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 02:11:59PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > Hi Michael, Hi Robert, Thanks for your quick reply. > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 01:20:49PM +0200, Michael Vogt wrote: > > diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*~' grub2-1.96+20090611/util/grub.d/10_linux.in > > grub2-1.96+20090611.new/util/gru

Re: support for crashkernel= in 10_linux.in

2009-06-24 Thread Robert Millan
Hi Michael, On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 01:20:49PM +0200, Michael Vogt wrote: > diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*~' grub2-1.96+20090611/util/grub.d/10_linux.in > grub2-1.96+20090611.new/util/grub.d/10_linux.in > --- grub2-1.96+20090611/util/grub.d/10_linux.in 2009-06-24 > 10:17:45.202761012 +0200 >

support for crashkernel= in 10_linux.in

2009-06-24 Thread Michael Vogt
Hello, in ubuntu we are working on making it easier to capture kernel crashes. The system we use is based around kdump and it works by triggering a kexec of a special crashdump kernel if the regular kernels crashes. In order for this to work the normal kernel needs a additional commandline option