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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>
To: cwhmlist@bellsouth.net
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to capture bootstrap oops?
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 17:03:33 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D9794D5.9551485E@digeo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20020929235607.FLPK26495.imf20bis.bellsouth.net@localhost

cwhmlist@bellsouth.net wrote:
> 
> I need some help, I'm new to this.  I have compliled a 2.5.39 kernel for
> my quad pentium pro system and it is oopsing on bootup.  Unfortunently,
> it looks like a good portion of the oops scrolls off of the screen.  Since
> I don't have the ability to hook up a serial terminal, how do I capture
> this oops so I can report it?

This might suffice?

--- linux-2.5.39/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c	Fri Sep 27 15:09:03 2002
+++ 25/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c	Sun Sep 29 17:02:38 2002
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ void die(const char * str, struct pt_reg
 	handle_BUG(regs);
 	printk("%s: %04lx\n", str, err & 0xffff);
 	show_registers(regs);
+	for ( ; ; )
+		;
 	bust_spinlocks(0);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&die_lock);
 	do_exit(SIGSEGV);

  reply	other threads:[~2002-09-30  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-09-29 23:56 How to capture bootstrap oops? cwhmlist
2002-09-30  0:03 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2002-09-30  1:46   ` Chris Wedgwood
2002-09-30  9:21   ` bert hubert

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