kdump support on ppc64

[Sam Folk-Williams]

On 09/19/06 18:10 +0800 Kay Tiong Khoo wrote:
> Hello there,
> 
> I am currently developing on using FC5 on a Power Mac G5. So far I  
> have been unable to get kdump working on ppc64. Installing the kdump  
> kernel from 2.6.16-2133 with the latest 2.6.17-2187 kernel gave a hang.
> 
> I also tried compiling 2.6.15-2054 as a kdump kernel and that didn't  
> work too.
> 
> I noted on the Wiki that FC6 Test 3 does not have kdump support for  
> PowerPC. Are there any plans to ship a kdump kernel with FC6? Also,  
> in the absence of kdump support, are there any other alternatives?

AFAIK it's not going to work on powerpc. The alternatives are Netdump and
Diskdump. I'm not sure about the wiki, but kbase.redhat.com has detailed
howto's on both of those.

hth,
Sam
> 
> Thanks.
> Kay Tiong
> 
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