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  • Ok, what do you do with your RT if there is a bug that you can never fix because you cant coredump to real storage? Throw it away, along with any work you put into making it run? Commented Dec 21, 2024 at 2:14
  • You fail to coredump if there is no storage - it is simply a debugging aid. When was the last time you analyzed a coredump from say your android phone ? Your wifi Router ? Your cars infotainment system ? It's simply not done in many embedded applications. Commented Dec 21, 2024 at 19:41
  • k, you're probably right; I don't embed much (but I'd bet you $50 there's some reason why you can get a coredump from: an android phone, a wifi Route, a car's infotainment system, a Cray, or an x86...) Commented Dec 21, 2024 at 22:00
  • You can't generally ; your wifi router, has no storage for a coredump so they are disallowed, by the kernel config. Your android phone may have log messages and an abbreviated 'tombstone' info and logs. . Coredumps can be useful for debugging APPS. You don't really need them for something like your router b/c you can't readily introduce new apps. Andoid app developers have a lot of debug tools besides coredump in the lab. Dumps might be useful for debugging an android app, but the Java engine logs will address 99.98% of the cases. I can't remember that last time I got a coredump. Commented Dec 22, 2024 at 20:54