Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964792AbWAIQQD (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jan 2006 11:16:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964795AbWAIQQB (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jan 2006 11:16:01 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:28810 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964792AbWAIQP7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jan 2006 11:15:59 -0500 Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 17:15:55 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: "Randy.Dunlap" cc: gcoady@gmail.com, vherva@vianova.fi, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: oops pauser. In-Reply-To: <20060108174505.6c9b7566.rdunlap@xenotime.net> Message-ID: References: <20060105045212.GA15789@redhat.com> <20060105103339.GG20809@redhat.com> <20060108133822.GD31624@vianova.fi> <20060108055322.18d4236e.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <6cq2s1d3glnj56pcrqlj84s8ltilmo6jfp@4ax.com> <20060108174505.6c9b7566.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: 774 Lines: 21 >> So would it be viable to take over the screen in similar fashion? >> >> Set it to 80x50 in BIOS and dump there --> call it the Penguin Oops >> screen, or Poops for short :o) > >It does take over the screen. 80x50 isn't needed since it knows how >to scroll the kernel log buffer on 80x25. It's needed because scrolling back might be impossible (shift-up in panic = no-go), not because it knows how to scroll. Jan Engelhardt -- | Alphagate Systems, http://alphagate.hopto.org/ | jengelh's site, http://jengelh.hopto.org/ - 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/