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Add new DIOCGDDBWRITER ioctl to fetch dumperinfo (knextboot 1/5)
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Authored by cem on Jul 31 2016, 10:08 PM.
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Summary

Unlike DIOCSKERNELDUMP, we are okay with non-swap partitions. And we
want to fetch the information rather than having the device issue a
callback.

Add a new "GEOM::kernelddbwrite" attribute with only slight difference
from GEOM::kerneldump and plumb it through the GEOM layers.

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cem retitled this revision from to Add new DIOCGDDBWRITER ioctl to fetch dumperinfo (knextboot 1/5).
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cem added reviewers: asomers, imp, markj, jhb, bdrewery.
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Series will be obviated by imp's EFI replacement.