Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:48:22 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: piet@bluelane.com
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	 "list for crash utility usage, maintenance and development" 
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       Subhachandra Chandra <schandra@bluelane.com>,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] [Crash-utility] Patch to use gdb's bt in crash - works
 great with kgdb! - KGDB in Linus Kernel.
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On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:41:32 -0700
Piet Delaney <piet@bluelane.com> wrote:

> My preference is for kgdb, like kexec, to become part of the 
> mainstream kernel as a configurable component.

Me too.  And I expect I could talk Linus into it if a) it works well on a
transport other-than-rs232 and b) the patches are nice and clean.

> Perhaps Andrew 
> could enumerate his issues.

a) and b) above.  Plus: I'd want to see a maintainance person or team who
respond promptly to email and who remain reasonably engaged with what's
going on in the mainline kernel.  Because if problems crop up (and they
will), I don't want to have to be the bunny who has to worry about them...

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