linux-kernel - Re: How to stop kernel rebooting during startup?

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Date:	Thu, 3 Jun 2010 10:08:29 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Bob Copeland <me@...copeland.com>
Cc:	Grant Coady <gcoady.lk@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to stop kernel rebooting during startup?

On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 18:35:45 -0400 Bob Copeland wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Grant Coady <gcoady.lk@...il.com> wrote:
> > which worked fine on slackware64-13.0, has this behaviour on slack-
> > ware64-13.1.  Because I cannot read the screen before reboot, no idea
> > where to look next, or what is actually happening.
> 
> Maybe try CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY to see the message?

That's one option.

Can you alter the kernel command line (boot options)?
like add:  initcall_debug debug ignore_loglevel pause_on_oops=30

Sounds like it would also be good to have something like:
	reboot=hang|spin
(TBD)

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~Randy
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