On 01/10/2011 11:11 PM, David Miller wrote: > From: "Fabio M. Di Nitto" <fabbione@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:58:03 +0100 > >> On some architectures, the boot process involves de-registering the boot >> console (early boot), initialize drivers and then re-register the console. >> >> This mechanism introduces a window in which no printk can happen on the console >> and messages are buffered and then printed once the new console is available. >> >> If a kernel crashes during this window, all it's left on the boot console >> is "console [foo] enabled, bootconsole disabled" making debug of the crash >> rather 'interesting'. >> >> By adding "keep_bootcon" option, do not unregister the boot console, that >> will allow to printk everything that is happening up to the crash. >> >> The option is clearly meant only for debugging purposes as it introduces lots >> of duplicated info printed on console, but will make bug report from users >> easier as it doesn't require a kernel build just to figure out where we crash. >> >> Signed-off-by: Fabio M. Di Nitto <fabbione@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Thanks! David, is it an option for you to push it around together with other sparc fixes or should I just submit it to kernel list? Either ways work for me. Fabio -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
