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SubjectRe: oops pauser.
>> So would it be viable to take over the screen in similar fashion?
>>
>> Set it to 80x50 in BIOS and dump there --> call it the Penguin Oops
>> screen, or Poops for short :o)
>
>It does take over the screen. 80x50 isn't needed since it knows how
>to scroll the kernel log buffer on 80x25.

It's needed because scrolling back might be impossible (shift-up in panic
= no-go), not because it knows how to scroll.


Jan Engelhardt
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