Re: [PATCH] crash: Default to CRASH_DUMP=n when support for it is unlikely

[John Paul Adrian Glaubitz]

Hi Michael,

On Mon, 2024-08-26 at 12:02 +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> > What is so special about CRASH_DUMP, that it should be enabled by
> > default?
>  
> The reality is that essentially all distros enable it. Because they
> don't want to manage separate kernel / crash-kernel packages.
> 
> So IMHO having it enabled by default in upstream does make sense,
> because it more closely matches what distros/users actually run.

Well, at least Debian did not enable it by default as otherwise we wouldn't
have noticed this change downstream.

Adrian

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