Change logs for makedumpfile source package in Zesty

  • makedumpfile (1:1.6.1-1) sid; urgency=medium
    
      * New upstream release. Main new feature:
        o Support new kernels
         - The supported kernel is updated to 4.8 in this version.
    
      * Changelog:
        o New feature
            - [PATCH v2] Support _count -> _refcount rename in struct page (by Vitaly
              Kuznetsov) ed46b6a
            - [PATCH 1/8] ppc64: fix vtop page translation for 4K pages (by Hari
              Bathini) cf02f88
            - [PATCH 2/8] ppc64: Use kernel terminology for each level in 4-level page
              table (by Hari Bathini) 37abbe1
            - [PATCH 3/8] ppc64: address changes in kernel v4.5 (by Hari Bathini)
              bc86b61
            - [PATCH 4/8] ppc64: address change in _PAGE_PRESNT flag for PowerISA v3.0
              (by Hari Bathini) 3003fbe
            - [PATCH 5/8] ppc64: use physical addresses and unfold pud for 64K page
              size (by Hari Bathini) afe7f9f
            - [PATCH 6/8] ppc64: support big endian Linux page tables (by Hari
              Bathini) f3d7cc5
            - [PATCH 7/8] ppc64: use the same masked bit values for 4K and 64K
              pagesizes (by Hari Bathini) 398746a
            - [PATCH 8/8] ppc64: enable address translation support for radix mmu (by
              Hari Bathini) ed65d60
            - [PATCH 01/10] arm64: cleanup code, comment, blank space, blank lines etc
              (by Pratyush Anand) c42c582
            - [PATCH 02/10] read_vmcoreinfo_long: Allow to read hex values as well (by
              Pratyush Anand) b01fa28
            - [PATCH 03/10] Introduce read_vmcoreinfo_ulong() (by Pratyush Anand)
              edc314e
            - [PATCH 04/10] arm64: use already available PAGESIZE() and PAGESHIFT()
              macros (by Pratyush Anand) 48581a7
            - [PATCH 05/10] arm64: fix page_offset definition (by Pratyush Anand)
              a4335c6
            - [PATCH 06/10] arm64: fix re-filtering (by Pratyush Anand) 618b76c
            - [PATCH 07/10] arm64: use value of VA_BITS and PHYS_OFFSET embedded into
              vmcore (by Pratyush Anand) 74df822
            - [PATCH 08/10] arm64: immunize identity mapped address finding w.r.t.
              kernel changes (by Pratyush Anand) a84f726
            - [PATCH 09/10] arm64: Add support for 4level 4K page translations table
              (by Azriel Samson) 969ee30
            - [PATCH 10/10] arm64: fix memory layout as per changes in v4.6 kernel (by
              Pratyush Anand) b6fe70c
    
        o Bugfix
            - [PATCH 1/2] sadump: fix segmentation fault on sadump-related formats (by
              HATAYAMA Daisuke) 0ba14bc
            - [PATCH 2/2] sadump: fix wrong progress report on sadump formats (by
              HATAYAMA Daisuke) d5d268b
            - [PATCH] Fix module init base and size offset for kernel v4.5 (by
              Guenther Hutzl) 32dd468
            - [PATCH] Fix uninitialized file descriptors for parallel dump (by Atsushi
              Kumagai) 1474dd4
            - [PATCH] x86_64: Set zero to phys_base for the kernel older than 2.6.22
              (by Atsushi Kumagai) 114060b
    
        o Cleanup
            - [PATCH] Add more descriptions of multi-threads feature (by Zhou Wenjian)
              2af8d6a
            - [PATCH v2] Cleanup: Use a negative number for uninitialized file
              descriptors (by Petr Tesarik) 8b8fa9f
            - [PATCH v3 1/3] open_dump_bitmap: open bitmap file in non-cyclic case (by
              Martin Wilck) a8d8657
            - [PATCH v3 2/3] move call to open_dump_bitmap() to after call to
              initial() (by Martin Wilck) 3696c40
            - [PATCH v3 3/3] close_dump_bitmap: simplify logic (by Martin Wilck)
              c1c53f8
            - [PATCH v2 1/2] Adapt code to get value of phys_base (by Baoquan He)
              acdbb1d
            - [PATCH V2 1/4] x86_64: Calculate page_offset from pt_load (by Pratyush
              Anand) 0c9dd01
            - [PATCH V2 2/4] x86_64: translate all VA to PA using page table values
              (by Pratyush Anand) c41e33c
            - [PATCH V2 3/4] x86_64: kill is_vmalloc_addr_x86_64() (by Pratyush Anand)
              8419f4d
            - [PATCH V2 4/4] x86_64: kill some unused initialization (by Pratyush
              Anand) ecb3719
            - [PATCH v2 2/2] Clean up unused KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE (by Atsushi Kumagai)
              0068010
    
      * Debian specific changes :
        - d/control:
          Update Vcs-Git field to new URL
          Add lsb-base dependency to kdump-tools to avoid lintian error
        - Fix Readme.Debian :
          Replace nmi_watchdog=1 to nmi_watchdog=panic for x86 and x86_64 arch
          (Closes: 824094)
          Mention Magic SysRq key (Closes: 793753)
    
     -- Louis Bouchard <email address hidden>  Thu, 05 Jan 2017 11:07:16 +0100
  • makedumpfile (1:1.6.0-4) unstable; urgency=medium
    
      * Turn hardcoded timeo and retrans NFS options into parameters that
        can be modified in /etc/default/kdump-tools. Also use the NFS defaults
        (timeo=600, retrans=3) for these parameters. Make those values visible
        in the 'show' command if NFS is configured (Closes: 847920)
    
      * Add translation file for :
        [ Chris Leick <email address hidden> ]
        - German (Closes: 842494)
    
     -- Louis Bouchard <email address hidden>  Mon, 12 Dec 2016 12:32:29 +0100
  • makedumpfile (1:1.6.0-3) sid; urgency=medium
    
      * d/p/0003-PATCH-v2-Support-_count-_refcount-rename-in-struct-p.patch,
        d/p/0004-fix-readpage_elf-attempt-to-read-non-existent-page.patch
        Fix makedumpfile failure on 4.8 kernels.
         - Makedumpfile will exit on error with the following message :
           get_mem_map: Can't distinguish the memory type. (LP: #1626269)
         - Fix readpage_elf: Attempt to read non-existent page errors after
           previous patch is applied (Closes: #842019)
    
      [ Robert Collins ]
      * Support Hyper-V hypervisors.
        Per https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2858695 the ata_piix driver
        will attempt to create a second connection to the hypervisor
        while the original kernel is still connected, which fails.(Closes: #824525)
    
      * Add translation files for :
        [ Adriano Rafael Gomes ]
        - Brazilian Portuguese (Closes: #834935)
        [ Frans Spiesschaert ]
        - Dutch (Closes: #834609)
        [ Jean-Pierre Giraud ]
        - French (Closes: #832006)
    
      [ Rinat ]
      * Fix double-quote handling in /proc/cmdline
        Parsing of the cmdline would fail if double-quotes are encountered
        in /proc/cmdine (i.e. like when things like "acpi_osi=!Windows 2012"
        are found in the cmdline). (Closes: #835600)
    
      * Raise debian compatibility level to 9
      * Fix spelling error in debian/control
    
     -- Louis Bouchard <email address hidden>  Mon, 07 Nov 2016 11:56:10 +0100
  • makedumpfile (1:1.6.0-2ubuntu2) zesty; urgency=medium
    
      * Remove hugepages/hugepagesz from kdump's cmdline. (LP: #1634132)
    
     -- Chris J Arges <email address hidden>  Mon, 17 Oct 2016 08:19:33 -0500
  • makedumpfile (1:1.6.0-2ubuntu1) yakkety; urgency=medium
    
      * Build on arm64. LP: #1238110.
    
     -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden>  Thu, 06 Oct 2016 11:44:32 +0200