amd64 package of linux_kdump

[Andriy Gapon]

on 20/03/2007 22:54 Alexander Leidinger said the following:
> Quoting "Scot Hetzel" <swhetzel at gmail.com> (Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:49:04 -0500):
> 
>> On 3/20/07, Andriy Gapon <avg at icyb.net.ua> wrote:
>>> Does anybody have an amd64 package of linux_kdump (for 6.2) ?
>>> Could you please share ?
>>>
>>> i386 linux_kdump as well as i386 FreeBSD kdump fail with the same
>>> diagnostics:
>>> $ kdump > kdump.out
>>> kdump: Cannot allocate memory
>>> Exit 1
>>> $ cat kdump.out
>>>  71072 ktrace   RET   syscall -1 errno 100137 Unknown error: 100137
>>>
>>> P.S. there doesn't seem to exist neither i386 nor amd64 package of
>>> linux_kdump for 6.2.
>>>
>> Alexandar Leidinger has linux_kdump on his web site:
>>
>>   http://www.leidinger.net/FreeBSD/linux_kdump-1.5_2.tbz
> 
> Compiled on 7-current i386. Extracting it on amd64 and using it
> directly should be possible (not on FreeBSD 6.x). Linux on amd64 is
> 32bit, so the 32bit executable should work on the ktrace.

This is not my experience. linux_kdump is a FreeBSD, not Linux program.
As I said, i386 linux_kdump fails for me with the same diagnostics as
i386 kdump.

> To compile it on your own: mv /compat/linux to somewhere else, install
> the gentoo linux_base (you have to ingnore the conflict), build the
> linux_kdump port (maybe also a "make package"), deinstall the gentoo
> linux_base and move /compat/linux back.

I hoped to find a shortcut.

-- 
Andriy Gapon