From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261411AbVG1MCA (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jul 2005 08:02:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261415AbVG1MB7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jul 2005 08:01:59 -0400 Received: from dtp.xs4all.nl ([80.126.206.180]:40511 "HELO abra2.bitwizard.nl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261411AbVG1MBO (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jul 2005 08:01:14 -0400 Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:01:13 +0200 From: Erik Mouw To: dipankar das Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: core file not generated when kernel is crashed with Sysrq key Message-ID: <20050728120113.GB12446@harddisk-recovery.com> References: <20050728115242.60695.qmail@web40710.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050728115242.60695.qmail@web40710.mail.yahoo.com> Organization: Harddisk-recovery.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 04:52:42AM -0700, dipankar das wrote: > core file is not generated when kernel is crashed with > Sysrq key ? That's right. > What could be the reason for this ? Because it wasn't designed to do so. Core files are for crashing userland programs. There are projects for kernel crash dumps, search the archives. Erik -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands