linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] pstore/ram: Add console messages handling

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Date:	Wed, 16 May 2012 15:20:15 -0700
From:	Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@...aro.org>
To:	Shuah Khan <shuahkhan@...il.com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>, arve@...roid.com,
	Rebecca Schultz Zavin <rebecca@...roid.com>,
	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
	Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Marco Stornelli <marco.stornelli@...il.com>,
	WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
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	linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org, patches@...aro.org,
	kernel-team@...roid.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] pstore/ram: Add console messages handling

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 09:30:52AM -0600, Shuah Khan wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-05-16 at 05:56 -0700, Anton Vorontsov wrote:
> > This is all straightforward: we just use the last region for
> > console logging. If there's just one region, we fall-back to
> > the old behaviour: just a oops/dumps logging.
> 
> What about the saving /proc/last_kmsg? Are you not bringing that feature
> from ramconsole? Sorry if I missed it in reading the patches.

Nope, sorry. The /proc/last_kms ABI is just a duplication of
pstore's console logging interface, and since last_kmsg thing is
in drivers/staging/, there's no point in keeping it, unless there's
a really good reason.

Thanks!

-- 
Anton Vorontsov
Email: cbouatmailru@...il.com
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