Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752202AbXIDBiU (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Sep 2007 21:38:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750791AbXIDBiN (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Sep 2007 21:38:13 -0400 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:55708 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750707AbXIDBiM (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Sep 2007 21:38:12 -0400 Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 02:38:11 +0100 From: Al Viro To: Pallewatta Mano-FPCD67 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux-2.6.16.51 gzipped core dump patch Message-ID: <20070904013811.GX21089@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <1188AA083E6C7C4EBCE34803004A84014FE921@de01exm72.ds.mot.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1188AA083E6C7C4EBCE34803004A84014FE921@de01exm72.ds.mot.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 920 Lines: 17 On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 08:49:00PM -0400, Pallewatta Mano-FPCD67 wrote: > Hi, > The attached patch is based on Jan Frey's previous patch posted in 2004 > for the Linux 2.4 kernel. It has been tested on X86 and MIPS platforms. > If the core pattern doesn't end in ".gz" it will be added to the name of > the core file. It's offered under GPL v2 without any warranties. If you > have any questions, please contact me directly at Mano.Pallewatta "at" > motorola.com. This is silly, IMO - why do in kernel what can be done in userland? External process can damn well gzip/bzip2/uuencode and post to alt.sex.cthulhu.binaries/ whatever. Just feed the usual data to its stdin... - 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/