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| author | Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com> | 2013-07-03 15:08:38 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-07-03 16:08:03 -0700 |
| commit | 987bf6fe3b1409b1cdf4352b3c421260c95d52f2 (patch) | |
| tree | 9368d8d04d71f8b3297b08ba72eccbdb218382d1 /Documentation | |
| parent | a11edb59a05d8d5195419bd1fc28d82752324158 (diff) | |
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Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt: remove /dev/oldmem description
Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net>
Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>
Cc: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt | 31 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt index 9c7fd988e299..bec123e466ae 100644 --- a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt +++ b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt @@ -47,19 +47,12 @@ parameter. Optionally the size of the ELF header can also be passed when using the elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] syntax. -With the dump-capture kernel, you can access the memory image, or "old -memory," in two ways: - -- Through a /dev/oldmem device interface. A capture utility can read the - device file and write out the memory in raw format. This is a raw dump - of memory. Analysis and capture tools must be intelligent enough to - determine where to look for the right information. - -- Through /proc/vmcore. This exports the dump as an ELF-format file that - you can write out using file copy commands such as cp or scp. Further, - you can use analysis tools such as the GNU Debugger (GDB) and the Crash - tool to debug the dump file. This method ensures that the dump pages are - correctly ordered. +With the dump-capture kernel, you can access the memory image through +/proc/vmcore. This exports the dump as an ELF-format file that you can +write out using file copy commands such as cp or scp. Further, you can +use analysis tools such as the GNU Debugger (GDB) and the Crash tool to +debug the dump file. This method ensures that the dump pages are correctly +ordered. Setup and Installation @@ -423,18 +416,6 @@ the following command: cp /proc/vmcore <dump-file> -You can also access dumped memory as a /dev/oldmem device for a linear -and raw view. To create the device, use the following command: - - mknod /dev/oldmem c 1 12 - -Use the dd command with suitable options for count, bs, and skip to -access specific portions of the dump. - -To see the entire memory, use the following command: - - dd if=/dev/oldmem of=oldmem.001 - Analysis ======== |