Software: - 2.6.16-mm2 - kexec-tools-1.101 + kdump7 patch Test-Procedure: - Download lkdtt userspace tools dtt_tools.tar.bz2 from lkdtt.sf.net. - Download the kernel hook patch (dtt-full-2.6.16-rc3.patch). I my have ported this patch to 2.6.16-mm2. - Apply the patch to the kernel source tree. - Built first kernel for 1M location with CONFIG_KEXEC enabled. - Booted into first kernel with command line options crashkernel=48M@16M. - Built second kernel for 16M location with CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP, and CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE enabled. - Loaded second kernel with following kexec command. kexec -p vmlinux-16M --args-linux --append="root=" - using lkdtt tools to list and crash points ./lkdtt ls. - Enable the crash point by the following command. ./ttutils set -p "crash point" -t "type of crash" -c 100