linux-kernel - Re: [patch 18/38] Improved oops output.

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Date:	Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:56:49 +0200
From:	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 18/38] Improved oops output.

On Fri, 2007-04-27 at 20:14 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com> writes:
> 
> > Second a disassembler is added that decodes the instructions surrounding
> > the faulting PSW. 
> 
> Is that really needed? I use a simple wrapper around as/objdump for this
> and it works great.
> 
> (ftp://ftp.firstfloor.org/pub/ak/shell/decodecode) 

It is not absolutly needed but it is damn convenient. Usually I can
immediatly see the reason for the oops. And the size is only 8KB which
is next to nothing.

-- 
blue skies,
  Martin.

"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.


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