Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262049AbUK3Mf7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Nov 2004 07:35:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262051AbUK3Mf7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Nov 2004 07:35:59 -0500 Received: from canuck.infradead.org ([205.233.218.70]:6661 "EHLO canuck.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262049AbUK3Mfw (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Nov 2004 07:35:52 -0500 Subject: Re: [lkdump-develop] Re: [ANNOUNCE 0/7] Diskdump 1.0 Release From: Arjan van de Ven To: Takao Indoh Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, lkdump-develop@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: <43C4D67A05B46Dindou.takao@jp.fujitsu.com> References: <1101732313.2814.63.camel@laptop.fenrus.org> <43C4D67A05B46Dindou.takao@jp.fujitsu.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1101818140.2640.49.camel@laptop.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2.dwmw2.1) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:35:40 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 3.7 (+++) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 2.63 on canuck.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (3.7 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 1.1 RCVD_IN_DSBL RBL: Received via a relay in list.dsbl.org [] 2.5 RCVD_IN_DYNABLOCK RBL: Sent directly from dynamic IP address [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS RBL: SORBS: sender is listed in SORBS [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by canuck.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1531 Lines: 40 On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 10:15 +0900, Takao Indoh wrote: > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:45:13 +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > >> > >> I think kexec-dump is not stable yet. > > > >Do you have any facts to back this up? Is your project more stable ? > >What is the success rate of dumps of diskdump ? How does that compare to > >kexec-dump under the same circumstances ? > > Sorry, a word "stable" was not appropriate. I meant that kexec-dump was > under development yet. well diskdump seems to be quite under development as well; only a subset of drivers is supported and your latest release just added initial support for several architectures. > kexec-dump works well on i386/x86_64, but it is > in the development stage on other architectures. not too different from diskdump then... > > >> I heard that kexec-dump of > >> some architecture (ex. ia64) had some problems and not worked. > > > >wouldn't it be better to then help finish that rather than making an > >alternative ? > > It is, if diskdump project just started now. But the basic code of > diskdump is almost completed. I think it is more efficient to enhance > quality of diskdump than help kexec-dump. You are obviously free to spend your time wherever you want to, even though I do not agree with your reasoning. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/