Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755392AbZFHWIF (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Jun 2009 18:08:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753962AbZFHWHz (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Jun 2009 18:07:55 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:49346 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753594AbZFHWHy (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Jun 2009 18:07:54 -0400 Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 15:07:43 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Ingo Molnar Cc: hidave.darkstar@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] printk: add halt_delay parameter for printk delay in halt phase Message-Id: <20090608150743.f2a0e09f.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20090608220253.GD22049@elte.hu> References: <20090608081439.GB6372@elte.hu> <20090608012845.9c428525.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20090608084807.GE6372@elte.hu> <20090608092607.8b331bf0.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20090608171501.GA15399@elte.hu> <20090608143913.749e19c5.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20090608220253.GD22049@elte.hu> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.4 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i486-pc-linux-gnu) 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: 597 Lines: 15 On Tue, 9 Jun 2009 00:02:53 +0200 Ingo Molnar wrote: > The /proc thing definitely makes sense - the boot option was just > symmetry to the existing boot-delay approach. ok. btw, if we do decide to go with a general printk_delay then we'll need a touch_nmi_watchdog() in there to keep the NMI watchdog and softlockup detector away. -- 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/