[Crash-utility] dev -p command fails post linux 2.6.25

[Sharyathi Nagesh]

Thanks for the reply Dave.
Even I feel it is better to change the error message to what you have
suggested. That is simplest way to address the issue as well. It gives a
clearer message to the user.
I am curious to hear from Bud on the alternate scheme and progress
as well. Bud your views ?
Thanks
Sharyathi

On 04/23/2010 08:01 PM, Dave Anderson wrote:
> 
> ----- "Dave Anderson" <anderson at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
>>> With this I wanted to know, if you intend to keep dev -p behavior
>>> as it is now or there is any plan to change it to display actual
>>> values?
>>> 
>>> Thank You Sharyathi N
>> 
>> I (personally) have no plans to change it.  If I remember 
>> correctly, Bud Brown came up with an alternate scheme, but the 
>> imported data from the kernel proper required to accomplish it was
>>  enormous (bordering on absurd), so I suggested that it would be 
>> more appropriate as an extension module.
>> 
>> Bud -- feel free to chime in here...  ;-)
>> 
>> For that matter, even the "old" way required the import of ~1000 
>> lines of kernel #define's -- which always bugged me -- and was 
>> pretty much the only crash command that had to do such a thing.
>> 
>> Dave
> 
> Actually, at a minimum, I should change this:
> 
> if (!symbol_exists("pci_devices")) error(FATAL, "no PCI devices found
> on this system.\n");
> 
> to the generic option_not_supported() message.
> 
> Dave