loading the coredump file to memory

[Adrian Chadd]

... is someone trying to make suspend-to-disk work? :)


-adrian

On Tue, 26 Mar 2019 at 11:45, Peter Jeremy <peter at rulingia.com> wrote:

> On 2019-Mar-26 13:16:40 +0000, Shivaprashanth H <
> shivprashanth.h at globaledgesoft.com> wrote:
> >using sysctl debug.kdb.panic=1 command, panic can be simulated which
> results in system reboot and writing of system context(ram snapshot?) to a
> file vmcore.x in /var/crash
> >
> >my question is, will it be possible to load this file back into memory?
>
> If you mean, can you take the crashdump and turn it back into a running
> system,
> no that's not possible.  Maybe if you explain what your objective is, we
> might
> be able to make suggestions.
>
> (And, I'm not sure how this relates to ACPI).
> --
> Peter Jeremy
>