Re: [Fastboot] Re: Announce: dumpfs v0.01 - common RAS output API

Alan Cox
2004-07-28T21:03:58Z

On Mer, 2004-07-28 at 21:33, Andrew Morton wrote:
> We really don't want to be calling driver shutdown functions from a crashed
> kernel.

Then at the very least you need to disable bus mastering and have
specialist recovery functions for problematic devices. The bus
mastering one is essential otherwise bus masters will continue to
DMA random data into your new universe.

Other stuff like graphics cards and IDE may need care too.