[Crash-utility] [Patch] ia64 block_size mismatch issue.

[Robin Holt]

On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 06:48:09PM +0100, Bernhard Walle wrote:
> * Robin Holt [2009-01-09 11:40]:
> >
> > 
> > ia64 recently changed the default page size from 16KB to 64KB.  Trying
> > to analyze a dump taken on a 64KB system on a 16KB page system fails.
> > Fix this problem by reallocating and rereading the header when block_size
> > mismatches.
> 
> That's only one part of the problem. Your patch doesn't handle ELF
> dumps (netdump.c). There are also other parts that need update. I have
> a more complete patch that was also tested on PPC, too. Dave, should I
> port that patch to the current crash release or don't you want that
> changes in crash?

Is that patch in the SuSE crash utility?  If so, it needs fixing as I
found this while testing 2.6.27.8-1-default kernels.  I applied this
patch and was then able to open dumps.

Robin