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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am working on Android sources (Gingerbread).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Referring to Linux "Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt in Android sources, I am having 2 queries.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Install kexec-tools<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">I have downloaded kexec tool(kexec-tools-2.0.3) from
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://horms.net/projects/kexec/">http://horms.net/projects/kexec/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The procedure mentions to configure and build kexect tool.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"> With that it will build for Linux Ubuntu-dev 2.6.32-38-generic, since I am using Linux Ubuntu 10.04 on host machine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">But I need to build it for Android. So is there any specific option which I need to pass for this.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">Also after building kexec tool, how do install it in my Android sources.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">{{{<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Boot into System Kernel<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">=======================<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1) Update the boot loader (such as grub, yaboot, or lilo) configuration<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> files as necessary.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">}}}<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Since, I am working on Android (Gingerbread) sources, Could you let me know which is the bootloader
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">configuration file in this case?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks & Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Amar Shankar<o:p></o:p></p>
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