Bug 245187

Summary: makedumpfile has a pretty limited method for determining kernel version
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Neil Horman <nhorman>
Component: kexec-toolsAssignee: Neil Horman <nhorman>
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Fixed In Version: RHBA-2007-0548 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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patch I'm proposing to fix the versioning issue none

Description Neil Horman 2007-06-21 15:05:05 UTC 
Description of problem:
get_kernel_version has a fairly limited method for encoding kernel version info,
requiring an update every time the running kernel version goes outside of the
detectible range.  This is inefficient and wrong

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.run latest version of makedumpfile on a kernel later than 2.6.19
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Actual results:
makefumpfile will indicate the kernel version is unsupported

Expected results:
makedumpfile should work

Additional info:
Comment 1 Neil Horman 2007-06-21 15:36:18 UTC 
Created attachment 157550 [details]
patch I'm proposing to fix the versioning issue
Comment 2 Neil Horman 2007-06-21 15:45:31 UTC 
submitted upstream to sourceforge.net's makedumpfile project for review:  patch
tracker number 1741023
Comment 3 RHEL Program Management 2007-06-22 13:43:19 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.
Comment 4 Neil Horman 2007-06-22 15:14:53 UTC 
checked into -181.el5
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2007-11-07 18:03:13 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-0548.html