Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753550AbYL2XeS (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:34:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751448AbYL2XeI (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:34:08 -0500 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:50757 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751266AbYL2XeI (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:34:08 -0500 Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:33:47 +0000 From: Alan Cox To: 7eggert@gmx.de Cc: for.poige+linux@gmail.com, Sitsofe Wheeler , Willy Tarreau , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: > I even didn't have a backtrace. Message-ID: <20081229233347.78d488b0@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.12; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 430 Lines: 10 One place to hide stuff is the upper areas of video ram as a lot of videocards don't clear the ram on a crash/reboot. I used to use a 3Dfx 32Mb card as a buffer with good effect. Alan -- 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/