[ppc64] cp /prroc/vmcore fails with core generated using latest kexec tools.

[horms at verge.net.au (Horms)]

On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 12:17:38PM +0900, Magnus Damm wrote:
> On 12/26/06, Sachin P. Sant <sachinp at in.ibm.com> wrote:
> >So it seems that we have two conventions now. On ppc64 the start and end 
> >values
> >will represent the size of memory, while on i386 / x86_64 they will represent
> >the range [ + 1 will give the size of that memory range ].
> >
> >As for this problem, if i remove the extra + 1 while computing the filesz,
> >all is well and is able to save and analyze the vmcore file.
> >
> >Will work on a patch for this problem, but thought will get views from
> >the list on this before generating a patch. Commnets  :-)
> 
> I think everyone should follow the i386 code as much as possible.
> Keeping the architectures as similar makes future code merging
> easier...

Sachin,

did this problem ever get resolved?

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