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author | Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@citrix.com> | 2009-01-15 12:40:48 +0000 |
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committer | Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@citrix.com> | 2009-01-15 12:40:48 +0000 |
commit | b152ef119b7005fd09bc9df2302819f0551e022c (patch) | |
tree | fabb33407142e7e347c50031cf6ecf36e2397e38 /docs/misc | |
parent | dcf9f950dc59b90bea3188e37ab108d87fae4876 (diff) | |
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dump-core: update the documentation
Signed-off-by: Isaku Yamahata <yamahata@valinux.co.jp>
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-rw-r--r-- | docs/misc/dump-core-format.txt | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/misc/dump-core-format.txt b/docs/misc/dump-core-format.txt index bc1842c747..49c51afbeb 100644 --- a/docs/misc/dump-core-format.txt +++ b/docs/misc/dump-core-format.txt @@ -30,8 +30,13 @@ The elf header members are set as follows e_ident[EI_OSABI] = ELFOSABI_SYSV = 0 e_type = ET_CORE = 4 ELFCLASS64 is always used independent of architecture. -e_ident[EI_DATA] and e_flags are set according to the dumping system's -architecture. Other members are set as usual. +e_ident[EI_DATA] is set as follows + For x86 PV domain case, it is set according to the guest configuration + (i.e. if guest is 32bit it is set to EM_386 even when the dom0 is 64 bit.) + For other domain case (x86 HVM domain case and ia64 domain case), + it is set according to the dumping system's architecture. +e_flags is set according to the dumping system's architecture. +Other members are set as usual. Sections -------- @@ -241,3 +246,7 @@ Currently only (major, minor) = (0, 1) is used. The format version isn't bumped because analysis tools can distinguish it. - .xen_ia64_mapped_regs section was made only for ia64 PV domain. In case of IA64 HVM domain, this section doesn't exist. +- elf header e_ident[EI_DATA] + On x86 PV domain case, it is set according to the guest configuration. + I.e. 32-on-64 case, the file will be set EM_386 instead of EM_X86_64. + This is the same as 32-on-32 case, so there is no impact on analysis tools. |