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From: John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.59 morse code panics
To: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 14:29:59 +0000 (GMT)
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> A lot of newer laptops do not have serial ports. While morse code may
> be a little silly the general purpose hook  it needs to be done 
> cleanly is considerably more useful

Exactly.

The exact method that a crashed machine, in a rack, in a datacentre,
miles away from me, contacts me to let me know something is wrong
doesn't matter, but if a member of the datacentre staff can get a
detailed message to me, so much the better than just having the box
rebooted.  On the other hand, I don't actually want to have to listen
to ten minutes of morse code over the phone when another box could do
it for me.

John.
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