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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: Remco Post <r.post@sara.nl>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: writing OOPS/panic info to nvram?
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 19:03:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020913170347.GA7096@elf.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DE1BD2E-C4CD-11D6-9C2C-000393911DE2@sara.nl>

Hi!

> >>driver oopses... Maybe do something like:
> >>
> >>if there is enough space on disk && ..., use that else
> >>if there is a swap over nfs && ..., use that else
> >>if there is a tape drive attaced and a tape is present and it is
> >>writeable... else
> >>if there is nvram available use that
> >
> >You just killed any data you had on the tape... too bad.
> >								Pavel
> 
> Yes, so, or you just saved that oops that has been bugging you for 
> months... (And yes I'm probably one of those rare people that has 
> tapedrives attached that are not used for anything usefull).

If it was bugging you for months, then you'd have probably copied it
using paper and pencil already. cli(); while(1); at the end of oops
handler is not *that* hard to do.
								Pavel
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  reply	other threads:[~2002-09-13 18:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-09-04 11:50 writing OOPS/panic info to nvram? Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
2002-09-04 12:02 ` Morten Helgesen
2002-09-04 12:21 ` Alan Cox
2002-09-04 12:31   ` Morten Helgesen
2002-09-04 12:49     ` Alan Cox
2002-09-04 12:54       ` Morten Helgesen
2002-09-04 14:02         ` Remco Post
2002-09-04 14:08           ` J.A. Magallon
2002-09-04 14:23             ` Remco Post
2002-09-06 10:06               ` Pavel Machek
2002-09-10 14:55                 ` Remco Post
2002-09-13 17:03                   ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2002-09-04 14:25             ` Alan Cox
2002-09-04 14:41               ` J.A. Magallon
2002-09-04 14:49                 ` Lars Marowsky-Bree
2002-09-06 10:09                   ` Pavel Machek
2002-09-04 23:34               ` Paul Mackerras
2002-09-04 23:48                 ` David S. Miller
2002-09-05  0:07                 ` Alan Cox
2002-09-06  6:48                   ` Rusty Russell
2002-09-05 10:38               ` Suparna Bhattacharya
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2005-01-24 15:18 Christoph Stueckjuergen

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