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CGP9-230 : makedumpfile prints "The kernel version is not supported" message for kernel 4.8.18

Created: Mar 7, 2017    Updated: Feb 11, 2019
Resolved Date: Apr 12, 2018
Found In Version: unknown
Fix Version: 9.0.0.5
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 9
Component/s: BSP

Description

Steps to reproduce:
1) setup.sh --machines intel-x86-64 --distro wrlinux-cgl --dl-layers --layers wr-cgl --kernel cgl  --template feature/kexec,feature/kdump
2) . ./environment-setup-x86_64-wrlinuxsdk-linux
3) . ./oe-init-build-env build
4) bitbake wrlinux-image-glibc-cgl
5) Using makedumpfile to create a kernel dumpfile from /proc/vmcore:
    makedumpfile -E -d 31 -f /proc/vmcore vmcore.dump

Warning message:
makedumpfile -E -d 31 -f /proc/vmcore vmcore.dump
Copying data : [100.0 %] /
The kernel version is not supported.
The makedumpfile operation may be incomplete.
The dumpfile is saved to kcorefile.

This is a warning message and does not affect the function of makedumpfile.

Steps to Reproduce


setup --machines intel-x86-64 --kernel cgl --template feature/kexec,feature/kdump --distro wrlinux-cgl --layers wr-cgl --base-url git://pek-git.wrs.com --dl-layers

. environment-setup-x86_64-wrlinuxsdk-linux
. oe-init-build-env
bitbake wrlinux-image-glibc-cgl

Do kdump test and dumpfile test.
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