linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH, RFC] panic-note: Annotation from user space for panics

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Message-ID: <1258049211.10621.40.camel@calx>
Date:	Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:06:51 -0600
From:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
To:	David VomLehn <dvomlehn@...co.com>
Cc:	linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	dwm2@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	paul.gortmaker@...driver.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH, RFC] panic-note: Annotation from user space for panics

On Wed, 2009-11-11 at 21:13 -0500, David VomLehn wrote:
> Allows annotation of panics to include platform information. It's no big
> deal to collect information, but way helpful when you are collecting
> failure reports from a eventual base of millions of systems deployed in
> other people's homes.

I'd like to hear a bit more use case motivation on this feature. Also,
why do you want more than a page?

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