on a generic dumper that creates an ELF core file and
uses PMAP functions to scan and iterate over memory
chunks, as well as handle memory mappings used during
dumping.
the PMAP layer can choose to return physical memory
chunks or virtual memory chunks. For minidumps, the
chunks should be virtual.
The default MMU I/F implementation for the scan_md()
method returns NULL. Thus, when a PMAP implementation
does not implement the required methods, an empty
core file is created. Here, empty means having an ELF
header only.
Obtained from: Juniper Networks
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