-- The system locked up but the lock-up was not detected. However, the dump process could be started using the Sys Rq key. Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law. nexus:~# modprobe dtt Kernel Hooks Interface installed. 8 compiled-in crash points registered Crash dump test tools' module successfully loaded nexus:~# /home/fewy/tests/kexec-tools-1.101/objdir/build/sbin/kexec -p /home/fewy/tests/linux-2.6.17-rc4-cptr/vmlinux --args-linux --append="root=/dev/sda1 init 1 irqpoll console=ttyS0,38400 console=tty0" nexus:~# ttutils set -p SCSI_DISPATCH_CMD -t exception [crash point set] name:SCSI_DISPATCH_CMD type:exception count:10 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 printing eip: f8a23497 *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP Modules linked in: dtt hook ipv6 ext3 jbd rtc ide_cd cdrom eth1394 snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec snd_ac97_bus hw_random snd_pcm snd_timer piix snd ehci_hcd soundcore uhci_hcd i2c_i801 ide_core psmouse ohci1394 ieee1394 evdev usbcore snd_page_alloc CPU: 0 EIP: 0060:[] Not tainted VLI EFLAGS: 00010297 (2.6.17-rc4-np-dtt #1) EIP is at cpoint_default_exit+0x63/0x8d [dtt] eax: 00000004 ebx: f75e8380 ecx: f7d44e60 edx: 00000286 esi: f7cfd800 edi: f75e8380 ebp: f7d04b30 esp: c39edee0 ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 Process kblockd/0 (pid: 24, threadinfo=c39ed000 task=c395a580) Stack: <0>f7d04b30 c023ba2a c03026a0 f5b9a660 c01d0717 f75e8380 f7cf9400 f7cfd800 f7d04b30 c0240d69 f75e8380 f5b9a660 00000000 f7cf9494 f5b9a660 f7d04b30 00000286 c39d4dc0 f7d04b30 c01c9e47 f7d04b30 f7cf4254 f7cf4258 c012ab07 Call Trace: SCSI_DISPATCH_CMD_hook+0x20c/0x244 kobject_get+0x17/0x1e scsi_request_fn+0x19a/0x2c7 as_work_handler+0x28/0x3a run_workqueue+0x72/0xe9 as_work_handler+0x0/0x3a worker_thread+0x11e/0x150 default_wake_function+0x0/0x15 kthread+0xe6/0xea worker_thread+0x0/0x150 kthread+0x0/0xea kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0xb Code: 24 70 42 a2 f8 e8 d7 91 6f c7 31 c0 83 c4 04 c3 31 c0 e8 f9 fb ff ff 31 c0 83 c4 04 c3 c7 04 24 00 45 a2 f8 e8 b8 91 6f c7 eb fe 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 31 c0 83 c4 04 c3 c7 04 24 e2 44 EIP: [] cpoint_default_exit+0x63/0x8d [dtt] SS:ESP 0068:c39edee0