Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 13 Sep 2002 19:03:48 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: writing OOPS/panic info to nvram? |
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Hi!
> >>driver oopses... Maybe do something like: > >> > >>if there is enough space on disk && ..., use that else > >>if there is a swap over nfs && ..., use that else > >>if there is a tape drive attaced and a tape is present and it is > >>writeable... else > >>if there is nvram available use that > > > >You just killed any data you had on the tape... too bad. > > Pavel > > Yes, so, or you just saved that oops that has been bugging you for > months... (And yes I'm probably one of those rare people that has > tapedrives attached that are not used for anything usefull).
If it was bugging you for months, then you'd have probably copied it using paper and pencil already. cli(); while(1); at the end of oops handler is not *that* hard to do. Pavel -- Worst form of spam? Adding advertisment signatures ala sourceforge.net. What goes next? Inserting advertisment *into* email? - 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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