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Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 07:28:22 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> To: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> CC: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwish.07@...il.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, X86-ML <x86@...nel.org>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>, Willy Tarreau <wtarreau@...a.kernel.org>, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>, Dirk Hohndel <hohndel@...radead.org>, Dirk.Hohndel@...el.com, IDE-ML <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>, Fr?d?ric Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2][concept RFC] x86: BIOS-save kernel log to disk upon panic On 02/03/2011 06:36 AM, Pavel Machek wrote: > > Could we read the log area, first, verify it contains signature, write > it back? > Pavel Yes, but that doesn't guarantee no data corruption caused by handing over from one driver to another. -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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