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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] printk: add halt_delay parameter for printk delay in halt phase

* Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> Plus the feature becomes more general - perhaps there are use
> cases where people want to slow down printks, such as: kernel goes
> oops, data scrolls off, serial console/netconsole unavailable.
> pause_on_oops is supposed to help here but last time I tried it,
> it kinda didn't work, plus pause_on_oops doesn't solve the
> data-scrolled-off problem.

btw, i solved that particular problem in one of my kernels by adding
a pause_on_oops_head and pause_on_oops_tail hack some time ago. (It
properly and well deservedly died an entropic death.)

So the problem space is real, and our tools for it suck to a certain
degree. Your generalization would certainly help.

Ingo


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