From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264077AbTKJT0d (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:26:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264078AbTKJT0d (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:26:33 -0500 Received: from tmr-02.dsl.thebiz.net ([216.238.38.204]:25107 "EHLO gatekeeper.tmr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264077AbTKJT03 (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:26:29 -0500 Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:15:54 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Davidsen To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Suspend to disk panicked in -test9. In-Reply-To: <200311072221.hA7MLuMU006752@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/SIGNED; BOUNDARY="==_Exmh_1730782063P"; MICALG=pgp-sha1; PROTOCOL="application/pgp-signature" Content-ID: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mime@docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info. --==_Exmh_1730782063P Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii Content-ID: On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 15:14:06 GMT, davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) said: > > > Or people who want it that way could put the setterm call in their > > rc.local, of course. No patches required and the rest of the world > > doesn't have to turn it on. > > Of course, this means that you have to know beforehand that your > machine is going to panic. Unless it panics in the boot and never loads the first startup file you can execute the blank disable there. > Rob Landley is right - there should be a patch to make it go away > if the kernel panics. There should be a lot of things, including writing the dump to a disk partition like AIX, Solaris, etc, etc. That never got in, either. I'd rather see the blank disable as a configurable boot time option, so people who don't want it don't get it, and vice-versa. -- bill davidsen CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979. --==_Exmh_1730782063P Content-Type: APPLICATION/PGP-SIGNATURE Content-ID: Content-Description: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQE/rBr5cC3lWbTT17ARAnT0AKCCoGm3t9rDebj+98dRnsnK8eGVggCg+l7L Tdy2uGbcATyDxxypD6N7RaQ= =hO6e -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1730782063P--