Need help to understand why kdump is for 64 bit PPC only

[Kumar Gala]

On Dec 15, 2008, at 12:58 PM, Frank Fan wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am working on a freescale MPC8572 CPU board and use 32 bit  
> Linux2.6.28.  When I enable 64 bit, it shows "kdump" in "kernel  
> options". Otherwise, "kdump" is disabled.
> Can someone give me some hint why kdump is for 64 bit PPC only?

Probably because no one has implemented or tested it on ppc32/8572.

- k