linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] QR encoding for Oops messages

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Date:	Tue, 8 Apr 2014 13:20:22 -0400
From:	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>
To:	Levente Kurusa <levex@...ux.com>
Cc:	Teodora Băluţă <teobaluta@...il.com>,
	David Lang <david@...g.hm>, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P" <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] QR encoding for Oops messages

On Tue, Apr 08, 2014 at 05:42:00PM +0200, Levente Kurusa wrote:
> On 04/07/2014 05:20 PM, Jason Cooper wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 05, 2014 at 11:11:02AM +0200, Levente Kurusa wrote:
> >> Oh and another suggestion, I think placing it in the bottom-right
> >> corner would be better since then we wouldn't overwrite some of
> >> the timestamps and messages.
> > 
> > The real text is still sent to the (hopefully written to disk) logs.  If
> > a user (or distro) builds with this feature, I would think centered and
> > scaled for ease of scanning would be highest priority.
> 
> Yup, I'll be traveling on the train a lot this week, so I'll
> have plenty of time to implement scaling and centering. Maybe
> we could also implement this:
> 
> qr_oops=center   (center the QR code with scale 1)
> qr_oops=center,3 (center the QR code with scale 3)
> 
> 'center' could also be 'topleft', 'bottomright', etc.
> Or just remain at the KISS rule? (keep it simple)
> 
> Any objections?

KISS. ;-)

Iff we find we need the feature later, we can always add qr_oops_pos or
similar.

thx,

Jason.
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