From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:08:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:08:26 -0500 Received: from noodles.codemonkey.org.uk ([213.152.47.19]:43994 "EHLO noodles.internal") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:08:25 -0500 Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 15:13:48 +0000 From: Dave Jones To: John Bradford Cc: Alan Cox , szepe@pinerecords.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, arodland@noln.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.59 morse code panics Message-ID: <20030131151348.GC15332@codemonkey.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , John Bradford , Alan Cox , szepe@pinerecords.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, arodland@noln.com References: <1044025785.1654.13.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> <200301311429.h0VETx2h001209@darkstar.example.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200301311429.h0VETx2h001209@darkstar.example.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 02:29:59PM +0000, John Bradford wrote: > The exact method that a crashed machine, in a rack, in a datacentre, > miles away from me, contacts me to let me know something is wrong > doesn't matter, but if a member of the datacentre staff can get a > detailed message to me, so much the better than just having the box > rebooted. On the other hand, I don't actually want to have to listen > to ten minutes of morse code over the phone when another box could do > it for me. That must be a pretty quiet datacentre. And what happens when more than one box starts beeping ? Dave -- | Dave Jones. http://www.codemonkey.org.uk