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On 7/2/07, Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > > The patch makes sense. You don't need to poll every jiffie to find > out if system has panic. But I agree with Linus, it is the kind > of patch that doesn't belong in the mainline kernel. Every developer > seems to have built up a set of crappy/fragile debug tools, but these > don't belong in the wild. > Stephen, The drivers blinks LEDs when kernel operates normally. During panic the panic_blink() routine in i8042 gets called directly, without involving the blink driver. -- Dmitry - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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