Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161110AbWAHTfL (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jan 2006 14:35:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161123AbWAHTfK (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jan 2006 14:35:10 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:17054 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161110AbWAHTfJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jan 2006 14:35:09 -0500 Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 20:35:08 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: "Randy.Dunlap" cc: vherva@vianova.fi, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: oops pauser. In-Reply-To: <20060108055322.18d4236e.rdunlap@xenotime.net> Message-ID: References: <20060105045212.GA15789@redhat.com> <20060105103339.GG20809@redhat.com> <20060108133822.GD31624@vianova.fi> <20060108055322.18d4236e.rdunlap@xenotime.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 567 Lines: 17 >> I believe kmsgdump (http://www.xenotime.net/linux/kmsgdump/) uses its own >> minimal 16-bit floppy driver to save the oops dump. > >It just switches to real mode and uses BIOS calls. > This technique btw is what I suggested (switch to 80x50 vga mode (if not in X)) in case of a longer oops trace. Jan Engelhardt -- - 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/