Description of problem: kernel isn't relocatable. feature required for kdump to work. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.5.3-1.fc17.i686.PAE How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. $ grep RELOCATABLE /boot/config-3.5.3-1.fc17.i686 Actual results: # CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is not set Expected results: CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y Additional info: It was disabled for 3.3. I believe it can be enabled back on on 3.5 -- though I'm not sure. On http://fedora.12.n6.nabble.com/Crash-kernel-x86-32-BzImage-is-not-relocatable-Can-t-be-used-as-capture-kernel-td4988599.html Josh Boyer-3 said: «It was disabled for 32-bit kernels in the 3.3 timeframe. There was a binutils bug that caused silent kernel corruption on 32-bit relocatable kernels and the best option at the time was to disable it. You can probably enable it by removing the CONFIG_RELOCATABLE line in config-x86-32-generic and rebuilding the kernel.»
Want to test it for us and report back results?
It works. It compiles and, after a crash, works. P.S.: I needed "rpmbuild (...) --without perf" to be able to compile it.
OK. I'll look at turning it back on in a bit.
This is re-enabled with the 3.6.1 build.
kernel-3.6.1-1.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-3.6.1-1.fc17
Package kernel-3.6.1-1.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing kernel-3.6.1-1.fc17' as soon as you are able to, then reboot. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-15855/kernel-3.6.1-1.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Fixed in kernel-3.6.1-1.fc17 -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
kernel-3.6.1-1.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.