Re: oops pauser. / boot_delayer

From: Dave Jones
Date: Thu Jan 05 2006 - 06:10:04 EST


On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 08:30:16AM +0100, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> Randy.Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This one delays each printk() during boot by a variable time
> > (from kernel command line), while system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING.
>
> This sounds a bit like a aprils fool joke, what it is meant to do? You can
> read the messages in the bootlog and use the scrollback keys, no?

could be handy for those 'I see a few messages that scroll, and the
box instantly reboots' bugs. Quite rare, but they do happen.

Dave
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