LKCD does not support dump devices with minor device number greater than 255

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

Situation

The Linux Kernel Crash Dump (LKCD) doesnot support dump devices with a minor device number greater than 255. The high order bits of minor number were lost. This resulted in lkcd trying to dump to a wrong device.

Resolution

This bug has been fixed and released in December, 2006 in kernel 2.6.16.27-0.6

Additional Information

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