There are a few development fronts in the area of system dumps.
The LKCD project is one such effort, although there is an additional
effort from the folks at Mission Critical Linux, who are on this list
and can provide information about their work. Beyond that, there are
a few things that provide information about system crashes, but that
doesn't really address your need for system dumps.
If you've got questions about LKCD, check out:
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/lkcd/faq.html
We consider it the foundation for system dumps in Linux, for both
now and in the future. Your mileage may vary. :)
You can also download the code and see our implementation mechanism
if you're curious about the code. It's fairly straightforward.
I'm in the process of writing a paper for our talk at LinuxExpo on
LKCD, and when it's finished and thoroughly reviewed, I'll send it
out. For those of you who'd like to attend the talk, Tom and I will
be in New York in February at LinuxExpo to discuss LKCD (along with
other efforts in the community) and how we can make kernel dumps a
supported reality for commercial Linux users.
--Matt
P.S. To everyone out there, I'll send out a new News bulletin as to
where we're at with things here, including what we're working on,
what we need from the community, etc. Thanks for all your support.
On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, Ashish Arora wrote:
|> Can any one guide me to what is the system dump and what is the work
|> being done in that area in Linux. I would also like to know about the
|> various crash facilities that are being provided in Linux.
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