Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262119AbVDRPoT (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 11:44:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262044AbVDRPoS (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 11:44:18 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:12759 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262023AbVDRPoE (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 11:44:04 -0400 Subject: Re: [RFC 1 of 9] patches to add diskdump functionality to block layer From: Arjan van de Ven To: mike.miller@hp.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com In-Reply-To: <20050418153644.GA25409@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net> References: <20050418153644.GA25409@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 17:43:55 +0200 Message-Id: <1113839036.6274.78.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 (2.0.4-2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 3.7 (+++) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 2.63 on pentafluge.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 pentafluge.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: 639 Lines: 17 On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 10:36 -0500, mike.miller@hp.com wrote: > Please review the following patches and provide any comments or feedback. > Patch 1 of 9 what diskdump do you use? Why do we even look at disk dump when kexec based dump can dump to disk too and is otherwise more flexible and superior? Maybe it's worth discussion that before doing major patches for.. well potentially no good. - 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/