linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/7] Extended crashkernel command line

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Date:	Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:18:51 +0200
From:	Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de>
To:	Oleg Verych <olecom@...wer.upol.cz>
Cc:	"Bernhard Walle (in kexec list)" <kexec@...ts.infradead.org>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 1/7] Extended crashkernel command line

* Oleg Verych <olecom@...wer.upol.cz> [2007-09-26 20:18]:
> 
> I was thinking about errors in YaST or typos in bootloader config, that
> may appear sometimes. And kernel must tolerate this kind of userspace
> input to be more reliable. But you know better, i just am waving hands.

Of course the kernel must be able to handle them -- outputting an
error message that can be read by the user and not crashing. But I
don't expect that the kernel then reservate crash memory by guessing
of values.



Thanks,
   Bernhard
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