Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:52:49 +0900
From: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
To: Brad Campbell <brad@fnarfbargle.com>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>, Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>,
        Bart De Schuymer <bdschuym@pandora.be>, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        netdev@vger.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: KVM induced panic on 2.6.38[2367] & 2.6.39
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On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 01:02:13AM +0800, Brad Campbell wrote:
> On 08/06/11 11:59, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 
> >Well, a bisection definitely should help, but needs a lot of time in
> >your case.
> 
> Yes. compile, test, crash, walk out to the other building to press
> reset, lather, rinse, repeat.
> 
> I need a reset button on the end of a 50M wire, or a hardware watchdog!

Not strictly on-topic, but in situations where I have machines
that either don't have lights-out facilities or have broken ones
I find that network controlled power switches to be very useful.

At one point I would have need an 8000km long wire to the reset switch :-)
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