Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Jan 2006 02:39:51 -0500 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: [patch] halt_on_oops command line option |
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On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 11:22:55PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > How's this look? > Attempt to fix the problem wherein people's oops reports scroll off the screen > due to repeated oopsing or to oopses on other CPUs. > > If this happens the user can reboot with the `halt_on_oops' option. It will > allow the first oopsing CPU to print an oops record just a single time. Second > oopsing attempts, or oopses on other CPUs will cause those CPUs to enter a > tight loop.
seems a bit aggressive for UP. Now if my sound driver oopses, I don't just lose sound, I lock up. (That's why I made it a pause, not a halt in my earlier patch).
Dave
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