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x86: BIOS-save kernel log to disk upon panic

x86: BIOS-save kernel log to disk upon panic

Posted Feb 4, 2011 20:14 UTC (Fri) by oak (subscriber, #2786)
Parent article: Re: [PATCH 0/2][concept RFC] x86: BIOS-save kernel log to disk upon panic

Was this about writing to a partition where one has other data? If yes, that indeed is a horrible idea.

However, mtdoops which writes to a *dedicated* partition has worked reliably for us for years (with hundreds of users) regardless of numerous memory corruptions and other kernel issues during the (ARM) kernel development.


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