Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752147AbWAELLS (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jan 2006 06:11:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752150AbWAELLS (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jan 2006 06:11:18 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:54494 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752147AbWAELLP (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jan 2006 06:11:15 -0500 Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 06:11:05 -0500 From: Dave Jones To: Bernd Eckenfels Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: oops pauser. / boot_delayer Message-ID: <20060105111105.GK20809@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Bernd Eckenfels , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20060104221023.10249eb3.rdunlap@xenotime.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 782 Lines: 17 On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 08:30:16AM +0100, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > Randy.Dunlap wrote: > > This one delays each printk() during boot by a variable time > > (from kernel command line), while system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING. > > This sounds a bit like a aprils fool joke, what it is meant to do? You can > read the messages in the bootlog and use the scrollback keys, no? could be handy for those 'I see a few messages that scroll, and the box instantly reboots' bugs. Quite rare, but they do happen. Dave - 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/