Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758079AbYAHN0m (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jan 2008 08:26:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757852AbYAHN0Y (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jan 2008 08:26:24 -0500 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.174]:58000 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757814AbYAHN0V (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jan 2008 08:26:21 -0500 Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 14:26:10 +0100 (CET) From: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de> To: Pavel Machek cc: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>, Ingo Oeser , Bernd Schubert , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: sleep before boot panic In-Reply-To: <20080107150349.GA6523@ucw.cz> Message-ID: References: <9II6K-1Pg-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <9IJ2M-3l2-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <9IJme-3Nb-13@gated-at.bofh.it> <9IKrY-5vk-15@gated-at.bofh.it> <20080107150349.GA6523@ucw.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii X-be10.7eggert.dyndns.org-MailScanner-Information: See www.mailscanner.info for information X-be10.7eggert.dyndns.org-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-be10.7eggert.dyndns.org-MailScanner-From: 7eggert@gmx.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18Xsn83cTVvW6BQRZmi9sBwuW5oosD4SlDo/g4 XAf+l/+k85aASs4NyVPijP0ICLZkFv/d3ebAe9pDJf4u0rdMXT mSeGUhGdOsiVuOiByejGw== Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 866 Lines: 22 On Mon, 7 Jan 2008, Pavel Machek wrote: > > Introduce config CONFIG_SOFTPANIC > > Enabling this option changes a hard panic on boot errors to a > > soft panic, which does not stop the system completely. > > You can still scroll the screen and read the messages. > > > > Signed-Off-By: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de> > > Looks good to me... but should this be configurable? IMO we should > just do the right thing. Having it configurable doesn't cost much, and the embedded folks without a screen certainly don't need this code. -- Funny quotes: 23. If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. -- 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/