On Sat, 22 Mar 2003, Nicholas Wourms wrote:
> Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> [SNIP]
> >
> > I've done some 2.5.xyz work on kmsgdump (dump kernel messages to
> > floppy). I'll try to get back to it soon.
> >
>
> Thank you! That'd be a god-send for those of us w/o serial
> ports and who have very cramped hands from hand-copying
> panics :-D. Frankly, I can't imagine why something a simple
> as this isn't in the kernel. Technically, it isn't a
> debugger, so I don't think it violates Linus' "No Kernel
> Debuggers in the Kernel" rule.
I have the feeling from Linus' reaction to the "dump to hd partiton"
feature, that he is all developer with little professional (paid to de
what someone else wants) admin experience. I tried to explain that
machines many timezones away in a secured environment make it hard to read
a console (none), insert a floppy, or use a serial cable. I actually
looked at serial, it would take (a) a capital budget for the cable, (b) a
labor budget for a cleared consultant to plug it in, (c) approval of the
network group because it's a data cable, and (d) a security analysis of
the risks of connecting two secure machines.
And of course the identical machines I can touch don't have that failure
mode :-(
Anyway you are not likely to see that in the official kernel unless Linus
has a change of heart, but you can patch it in so that's not critical,
just one more issue if you have to justify Linux vs. AIX or Solaris in a
bid.
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