Re: Kernel Panic, root fs..

Dan Hollis (goemon@sasami.anime.net)
Tue, 17 Aug 1999 13:31:42 -0700 (PDT)

On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Glynn Clements wrote:
> Should the kernel output the error message in every known language? If
> it doesn't some people might not be able to diagnose the problem. Or
> what about people who cannot read any language? Should the kernel
> switch the graphics adaptor into a graphics mode and draw diagrams?

Strawman.

> The only information that the kernel needs to provide is:
> 1. That an error occurred.
> 2. The type of error (even a code number would suffice).
> 3. Other data which is relevant to this specific error (in this case,
> the device number).

Oh yes, its not entirely obvious that the device number is in hex.
Messages like this:

end_request: I/O error, dev 16:01 (hdc), sector 1749579

However,

% ls -al /dev/hdc1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 1 May 5 1998 /dev/hdc1

Wouldnt dev be better reported in base10?

-Dan

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