[FE training-materials-updates] Kernel: remove kexex/kdump
Michael Opdenacker
michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com
Fri Jul 24 12:28:15 CEST 2015
Repository : git://git.free-electrons.com/training-materials.git
On branch : master
Link : http://git.free-electrons.com/training-materials/commit/?id=49c54cfbc6d8ebedb850180f4904c62511535ed2
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commit 49c54cfbc6d8ebedb850180f4904c62511535ed2
Author: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com>
Date: Fri Jul 24 12:27:14 2015 +0200
Kernel: remove kexex/kdump
- Rarely used and a bit difficult to setup
- Console messages should help in most cases anyway.
- Taking time to explain during a course
Don't hesitate to revert if you don't agree
Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com>
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49c54cfbc6d8ebedb850180f4904c62511535ed2
.../kernel-driver-development-debugging.tex | 19 -------------------
1 file changed, 19 deletions(-)
diff --git a/slides/kernel-driver-development-debugging/kernel-driver-development-debugging.tex b/slides/kernel-driver-development-debugging/kernel-driver-development-debugging.tex
index 9252ff2..73ee19e 100644
--- a/slides/kernel-driver-development-debugging/kernel-driver-development-debugging.tex
+++ b/slides/kernel-driver-development-debugging/kernel-driver-development-debugging.tex
@@ -262,22 +262,3 @@
\url{http://j.mp/18oMRHx}
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
-
-\begin{frame}
- \frametitle{Kernel Crash Analysis with kexec/kdump}
- \begin{columns}
- \column{0.6\textwidth}
- \begin{itemize}
- \item \code{kexec} system call: makes it possible to call a new
- kernel, without rebooting and going through the BIOS / firmware.
- \item Idea: after a kernel panic, make the kernel automatically
- execute a new, clean kernel from a reserved location in RAM, to
- perform post-mortem analysis of the memory of the crashed
- kernel.
- \item See \kerneldoc{kdump/kdump.txt} in the kernel
- sources for details.
- \end{itemize}
- \column{0.4\textwidth}
- \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{slides/kernel-driver-development-debugging/kexec.pdf}
- \end{columns}
-\end{frame}
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