Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 01:23:14 +0100
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@linuxmail.org>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Suspend 2 merge: 35/51: Code always built in to the kernel.
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Hi!

> > Kernel boot is not expected to be interactive. I'd do
> > 
> > if (can_erase_image)
> > 	printk("Incorrect kernel version, image killed\n");
> > else
> > 	panic("Can't kill suspended image");
> > 
> 
> Comes down, again, to user friendliness. Just because I can erase the
> image, doesn't mean I should. It may be that the user just pressed the
> down arrow one too few times in lilo, and they really do have the right
> kernel, but started the wrong one. Or it may be that they're still
> setting up their initrd, didn't get it quite right, know that no damage
> will be done and want to continue booting. We should let the user think
> about what they want to do and then do it.

User friendlyness is nice, but I think "boot is not interactive" is
stronger requirement than that.

> I need to get on with the work I planned on doing today, so I'm going to
> hang up after sending this. That's not at all to say that I want you to
> stop sending email; just that I won't be replying for a while.

No problem, I need some sleep.
								Pavel
-- 
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