Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030600AbWAGVsR (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jan 2006 16:48:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030599AbWAGVsR (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jan 2006 16:48:17 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:29922 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030600AbWAGVsQ (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jan 2006 16:48:16 -0500 Subject: Re: oops pauser. / boot_delayer From: Arjan van de Ven To: "Kurtis D. Rader" Cc: Dave Jones , Bernd Eckenfels , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20060107214439.GA13433@us.ibm.com> References: <20060104221023.10249eb3.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <20060105111105.GK20809@redhat.com> <20060107214439.GA13433@us.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 22:48:08 +0100 Message-Id: <1136670488.2936.44.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.8 (--) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.0.4 on pentafluge.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (-2.8 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -2.8 ALL_TRUSTED Did not pass through any untrusted hosts X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1474 Lines: 32 On Sat, 2006-01-07 at 13:44 -0800, Kurtis D. Rader wrote: > On Thu, 2006-01-05 06:11:05, Dave Jones wrote: > > 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. > > Another very common situation is a system which fails to boot due to > failures to find the root filesystem. This can happen because of device name > slippage, root disk not being found, the proper HBA driver isn't present in mount by label fixes some of that but not all > the initrd image, etc. The customer calls us and reports the last thing they > see on the screen: fwiw it would make sense (at least for distros) to make this print a more helpful text about potential causes etc, rather than just making people say "the kernel paniced". - 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/