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From: Marco Stornelli <marco.stornelli@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Re: How to store kernel panic/oops
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:03:48 +0100
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David Woodhouse wrote:

> Can't it be done with what's in the tree already? Just create an MTD
> device using phram or something else, then point mtdoops at it

Yes of course, if possible we shouldn't reinvent the wheel but I
wondered if there was something more specific. To add mtdoops (more or
less 1k) we have to add mtd subsys (more or less 14k) to the kernel to
achieve this and it's all overhead.

Marco