It's hard to create LKCD patches from the CVS source tree because it's not
clear what base kernel version these files are derived from. The Makefile
appears to come from version 2.4.8. However, if I download
ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.8.tar.bz2 there are a number
of differences unrelated to crash dump. For example, compare
Documentation/Configure.help and kernel/smp.c.
Creating a patch for 2.4.8 or other kernel versions requires an initial
manual merge of unrelated changes before creating the LKCD patch. This leads
to ambiguity about whether a particular change is related to LKCD or not.
It would be very helpful if the base linux source from which the CVS tree is
derived was listed in a LKCD README file. This would provide a reference to
determine what changes were made for LKCD.
Monty VanderBilt
Amazon
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