OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/kexec-tools?expand=0&rev=14

README.SUSE

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ The recommended values by architecture for the "crashkernel" option are:
 
 i386:   crashkernel=64M@16M
 x86_64: crashkernel=64M@16M
-ia64:   crashkernel=128M
+ia64:   crashkernel=512M                (on small machines use 256M)
 PPC64:  crashkernel=128M@32M
 
 After setting the boot loader option, activate the Kdump init script,
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ applications and ensure that no users are logged on before performing
 this test.
 
 # sync
+# echo u > /proc/sysrq-trigger       (remount file systems read-only to
+                                      avoid recovery after reboot)
 # echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger
 
 After the system recovers, verify that a vmcore file was generated in
@@ -299,8 +301,23 @@ Determines if kdump uses verbose output. This value is a bitmask:
      /etc/init.d/kdump
 
 
+Machine-specific Notes
+======================
+
+ - IA64
+   o On some Hewlett Packard platforms you need 'machvec=dig' in
+     KDUMP_COMMANDLINE_APPEND. For example: HP rx3600.
+
+   o On SGI SN2 machines, the kdump doesn't work when the VGA console
+     is active. To disable the VGA console execute following commands
+     in the EFI shell
+
+         Shell> set NoVGA 1
+         Shell> reset
+
+
 Dump Analysis
--------------
+=============
 
 Dump analysis can be performed using GDB or the Crash utility. The Crash
 utility is included in the crash RPM package. You must install a

kexec-tools.changes

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar  9 21:34:36 CET 2007 - bwalle@suse.de
+
+- added hint that VGA console doesn't work (#253173)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 15 13:44:01 CET 2007 - bwalle@suse.de
 

kexec-tools.spec

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Requires:       %insserv_prereq %fillup_prereq
 Autoreqprov:    on
 Summary:        Tools for fast kernel loading
 Version:        1.101
-Release:        79
+Release:        82
 Source:         %{name}-%{package_version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        kdump
 Source2:        sysconfig.kdump
@@ -127,7 +127,9 @@ true   # ignore errors
 /var/adm/fillup-templates/sysconfig.kdump
 %{_sbindir}/kdump-helper
 
-%changelog -n kexec-tools
+%changelog
+* Fri Mar 09 2007 - bwalle@suse.de
+- added hint that VGA console doesn't work (#253173)
 * Thu Feb 15 2007 - bwalle@suse.de
 - added setting to print the kdump command line to standard output
 - small improvement for the outut message while dumping: last