linux-kernel - Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 10586] New: High Number of Segfaults onMacBookStarting With 2.6.24.5 Kernel

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Message-ID: <75b66ecd0805031806n322b6633j35498fa3b88f9da9@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 3 May 2008 21:06:14 -0400
From:	"Lee Revell" <rlrevell@...-job.com>
To:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Phil Oester" <kernel@...uxace.com>,
	"Ryan Roth" <ryanroth@...global.net>, Ryan.Roth@...m.com,
	bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 10586] New: High Number of Segfaults onMacBookStarting With 2.6.24.5 Kernel

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>  Traditionally i386 never printed that message (in fact neither architecture
>  should - it allows poeple to spam the logs, but it is at least
>  ratelimited).
>

As a sysadmin I find this one of the most useful printk's ever.  When
DBAs come to me with a problem I can grep for this message and send
them off to bug the vendor without having to hunt for core dumps on
every node.  I wish it had been in the i386 kernel all along.

Lee
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