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

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Message-ID: <20091112215840.GB28349@dvomlehn-lnx2.corp.sa.net>
Date:	Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:58:40 -0500
From:	David VomLehn <dvomlehn@...co.com>
To:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.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 Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 01:06:51PM -0500, Matt Mackall wrote:
> 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?

Hopefully, I have addressed the first question in my previous email. As
for the second, I doubt there is a need for more than a page. I just picked
a value to start developing with. This is still a work in progress...

> http://selenic.com : development and support for Mercurial and Linux

David VL
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