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* previously, the order in which kdump loaded storage drivers meant that USB-attached storage was
sometimes not correctly detected. The USB driver is now loaded later in the boot sequence, so that
device enumeration is correct and that dumps takes place successfully. (
BZ#513608
1204
)
* Makedumpfiles can now accept kdump compressed dumps, therefore allowing users to transfer
smaller files. (
BZ#516877
1205
)
* previously, the code used by kdump to find network interfaces could not correctly identify slaves in a
Xen environment when the dom0 was configured for bonding. The code has now been updated so that
it recognizes this type of interface. (
BZ#516907
1206
)
* Previously, the sample grub.conf file provided in the kexec-kdump-howto.txt omitted the
"crashkernel" parameter. The sample file now describes a correctly configured grub.conf.
(
BZ#531244
1207
)
* Kexec now supports Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) and up to 128 memory ranges from BIOS,
so dumps on recent Intel 64-bit platforms now complete successfully. (
BZ#531340
1208
)
* previously, kdump did not test to see whether an NFS location was writeable before commencing
a dump. If the location was unwritable, kdump would therefore start the dump anyway, which would
inevitably fail. Kdump now checks that NFS locations are writeable. (
BZ#533565
1209
)
* previously, mkdumprd resolved hostnames for NFS locations specified in kdump.conf and stored
their IP addresses. Mkdumprd now stores the hostnames instead and can therefore find the hosts
successfully even if their IP addresses change. (
BZ#545980
1210
)
* kexec-tools now pulls in nsslibs and using the settings in /etc/resolv.conf, can therefore perform DNS
lookups and find NFS locations specified in kdump.conf. (
BZ#549946
1211
)
* a reference to libc.so.6 has now been removed for Itanium systems. This avoids a potentially
confusing warning message. (
BZ#559126
1212
)
* a recent reorganization of the library directories on PowerPC systems placed glibc in /lib/power6x,
although libnss files expected it to be in /lib. The correct path is now explicitly provided in mkdumprd,
so DNS lookups work on PowerPC systems. (
BZ#569119
1213
)
All kexec-tools users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these issues.
1204
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=513608
1205
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=516877
1206
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=516907
1207
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=531244
1208
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=531340
1209
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=533565
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=545980
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=549946
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=559126
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=569119
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