Propose for Several Dump types

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Wed Dec 15 00:40:42 PST 2004


In message <cd4370cf04121500361f9e49d6 at mail.gmail.com>, Jun Su writes:

>> An ascii format summary is a _great_ format because people can email
>> us it without knowing anything else.  We could in fact make it
>> a /etc/rc.conf tunable:  "send_panic_reports=YES" and we would
>> receive it in email whenever a crash occured.
>We can also create an automation system to collect these information.
>When the number of crash in same function reaches a thorehold, it will
>send a report to a ML. :-) Sounds your idea is interesing.
>Anyway, I still think ascii format dump can not replace the minidump.
>Minidump can provide more information.

Ohh, I didn't intend it to replace minidumps.

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