Re: I can't generate a kernel crash core.

[christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

In article <n8d98m$bng$2%serpens.de@localhost>,
Michael van Elst <mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost> wrote:
>bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost (Manuel Bouyer) writes:
>
>>> The driver gets detached in config_detach_all() during a
>>> regular reboot unless you use the RB_NOSYNC flag. Unfortunately
>>> this also prevents unmounting and syncing the filesystems.
>
>>RB_DUMP should probably be handled as RB_NOSYNC then
>
>Maybe. It's probably safer to either exclude the dump device
>or to re-attach it. Re-attaching seems to be cleaner but is
>probably difficult to do in a crash situation.

It is not easy to go from dev_t -> device_t to exclude...

christos