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Subject: Re: [lkcd-devel] Re: What's left over.
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
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      Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
      Sent by: lkcd-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net
      10/31/02 04:46 PM

On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Matt D. Robinson wrote:

  > People have to realize that my kernel is not for random new
  > features. The stuff I consider important are things that people
  > use on their own, or stuff that is the base for other work.

A dump mechanism within the kernel is a base for much easier
kernel debugging.
IMHO, analyzing a dump is much more effective than guessing
a kernel bug solely with help of an oops message.
Using lkcd/lcrash, I've debugged enough problems in
kernel modules that were otherwise quite hard to determine.
It is hard to understand why developers do not want the
aid of dump/dump-analysis for kernel development.


Regards,

Andreas

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