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SubjectRe: [patch] halt_on_oops command line option
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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