linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2][concept RFC] x86: BIOS-save kernel log to disk upon panic

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Date:	Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:44:15 +0200
From:	"Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwish.07@...il.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, X86-ML <x86@...nel.org>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Willy Tarreau <wtarreau@...a.kernel.org>,
	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>, Dirk Hohndel <hohndel@...radead.org>,
	Dirk.Hohndel@...el.com, IDE-ML <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de>,
	Mark Lord <kernel@...savvy.com>,
	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2][concept RFC] x86: BIOS-save kernel log to disk
	upon panic

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 09:33:18AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 01/25/2011 07:08 AM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> 
> >> All in one, a very intriguing idea IMO, and the hardest bits
> >> (lowlevel x86 transition) is all implemented already.
> 
> Lowlevel x86 transition is not at all the hardest part.  It's
> detail-oriented but well defined (and, I might add, incompletely
> implemented -- 64 bits only, not using facilities we already have);
>

Making the transition code applicable to 32-bit CPUs will hopefully be
quite simple: it's mostly a subset of the posted parts.

Since I might use that transition code for a different purpose now, any
facilities not properly used beside the identity mappings?

thanks,

-- 
Darwish
http://darwish.07.googlepages.com
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