Re: [2/3] 2.6.22-rc2: known regressions v2

Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> Fri, 25 May 2007 13:07:10 -0400

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On 05/25/2007 12:45 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Yes, in a controlled environment, dumping the whole memory image to disk 
> may be the right thing to do. BUT: in a controlled environment, you'll 
> never get the kind of usage that Linux gets. Why do you think Linux (and 
> Windows, for that matter) took away a lot of the market from traditional 
> UNIX? 
> 

Windows can dump memory to the swap file on crash. Default is a "minidump"
IIRC but you can set it to dump all memory (or none.)