Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: crash binary for latest unreleased kernel | From | Mike Galbraith <> | Date | Sat, 27 Jan 2018 05:48:42 +0100 |
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On Fri, 2018-01-26 at 20:38 -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On 01/26/2018 08:32 PM, Mike Galbraith wrote: > > On Fri, 2018-01-26 at 12:52 -0800, Joe Smith wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I am doing development on the latest unreleased kernel on a system > >> running ubuntu 16.04. I can not get crash dump to be saved or use > >> crash on the live system. I have tried compiling crash on the system. > >> > >> What is the trick to do development on the latest kernel using a > >> system installed with old release. > > > > You have to either be motivated enough to fix crash and friends up as > > they get busted, or lazy enough to wait for maintainers to do so for > > you. I've done a bit of both, but the later is my favorite :) > > :) > > Is it mostly structure updates or is it partly randomized layout of > structs? or something totally different?
The stuff I've fixed up has been trivial renames and whatnot, operative word being trivial, easy to find based on gripage. If I don't find it quickly, I usually decide to not need it _that_ badly, go with plan B.
-Mike
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