Description of problem: When netdump is set up, and then the network cables are removed, the system hangs after a crashes Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: very Steps to Reproduce: 1. Setup netdump 2. Remove network cables 3. Crash system (sysctl -w kernel.sysrq=1;echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger) Actual results: The terminal window assocaited with this command seems to scroll for a while, then hang. If the network cables are re-inserted later, the system is still hung. Expected results: Either do the dump after the cables are re-inserted or just reboot. Additional info:
Customer found out that is netconsole was not running that this bug didn't show. Seems to indicate a problem there. Seach showed that fix for bugzilla 127815 (from RH3) did not make it into RH4. Created bugzilla 191342 to track that.