Re: [Fwd: Fw: [Fwd: [Fastboot] [RFC]Explanation of Partial dump 3 (analyzingkernel debug information)]]

[Vara Prasad <prasadav at us dot ibm dot com>]

Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:

> Vara forwarded:
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> > [...]  SystemTAP also uses libdwarf and I think SystemTAP is being
> > shipped with RHEL5. So I hope libdwarf package should already be in.
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> It's a different libdwarf.  The one you are referring to is from 
> http://reality.sgiweb.org/davea/dwarf.html; the one we use is a
> reimplementation within a larger library called elfutils.
>  
Currently they are using different libdwarf but the idea is to use the 
same libdwarf that we are using. Roland, responded to me in private 
saying he is talking to kdump folks in making them use our libdwarf.

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> > (Assuming that systemtap folks have created a separate package and
> > have not encapsulated the library in system package and linked to it
> > statically).
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> As it turns out, we use a bundled elfutils for older RHEL builds
> and an unbundled (system) elfutils for Fedora builds of systemtap.
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I am guessing as far as kdump team is concerned their main focus is RHEL 
5 and above hence they should have unbundled libdwarf similar to Fedora 
available for them to link with.

> - FChE
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