netdev - Re: [PATCH 5/5] Huawei BMA: Adding Huawei BMA driver: host_kbox

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Message-ID: <20200616231122.GC205574@lunn.ch>
Date:   Wed, 17 Jun 2020 01:11:22 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     yunaixin03610@....com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, yunaixin <yunaixin@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] Huawei BMA: Adding Huawei BMA driver: host_kbox_drv

> The host_kbox_drv driver serves the function of a black box. When a
> panic or mce event happen to the system, it will record the event
> time, system's status and system logs and send them to BMC before
> the OS shutdown. This driver depends on the host_edms_drv driver.

This does not belong in net, or a network driver.

It is also very difficult to do anything with a panicing kernel. Which
is what kexec on panic is all about. Get into a fresh kernel, and use
that kernel to dump the status of the crashed kernel.

So i doubt you will find a home anywhere in the kernel for any of this
code.

	Andrew