[Crash-utility] [RFC]Patch to add sparse memory support

[David Wilder]

Dave Anderson wrote:

>>Here is an updated patch.
>>ia64, s390, s390x and alpha do not support sparse mem (in the kernel)
>>yet so I removed the references to those.  I added a check so if sparse
>>mem support is later added for ia64, s390, s390x and alpha (and used),
>>crash will print an error message.  I removed _MAX_PHYSADDR_BITS as it
>>is not used anymore in the kernel. Lastly I fixed PAE additions for
>>sparsemem.
>>    
>>
>
>Hi Dave,
>
>For whatever reason, regardless of the mailer I use, when I save your
>last file and then try to use it for patching, long lines are getting wrapped,
>and patch complains about a malformed patch file.  I don't know why
>this happens, because the first patch was usable with no problem?
>Anyway, I started fixing each wrap instance by hand, but would it be
>possible for you to re-post with the patch file as a file attachment?
>
>Thanks,
>  Dave
>
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Sure, sorry for the problem.

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David Wilder
IBM Linux Technology Center
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