KDUMPID(1)                  General Commands Manual                 KDUMPID(1)

NAME
       KdumpID - A tool to identify kernel memory dumps

SYNOPSIS
       kdumpid [-v] <dumpfile>

DESCRIPTION
       kdumpid provides a fast and reliable method to find out the most
       important information about an unknown kernel crash dump, such as the
       architecture and kernel release.  Think of it as a kind of "file"
       utility for kernel dumps.

       At present, kdumpid can read:

       - LKCD files
       - DISKDUMP/KDUMP files
       - ELF dumps (including support for both Xen Dom0 and DomU).

       The following architectures are fully supported:

       - x86
       - x86-64
       - ppc
       - ppc64
       - s390
       - s390x.

       Other architectures may produce some output if the information can be
       found in the file header.

OPERATION
       By default, kdumpid will print the kernel dump's format, architecture
       and version.

OPTIONS
       -v     Try to extract and print additional information from the memory
              dump, such as: the machine type, the full kernel banner string
              and the kernel configuration flavor.

SEE ALSO
       crash(8), makedumpfile(8), kdump(7).

AUTHOR
       KdumpID was written by Petr Tesarik.

                                  4 Nov 2011                        KDUMPID(1)