Jay Maynard wrote: >Things like "cannot mount root filesystem", where the console messages may >not be going anywhere at all due to no device being connected and similar >causes. The idea is that the code, by itself (plus a doc file that's >available outside the system), is enough to get the admin on the right track >to fixing the problem.
This is kind of the idea of the current Linux on zSeries implementation as well. Getting just a PSW that you need to look up in the System.map is admittedly not as nice as looking up a message code, but it should result in the same general type of information. Using real message codes is quite difficult as the panic messages are generated from common Linux code, and there has been quite a lot of resistance towards the idea of mandating message codes for all kernel messages (or even just the panics), mainly for logistical reasons -- who is to allocate the number space, who should enforce consistency etc. Bye, Ulrich -- Dr. Ulrich Weigand [EMAIL PROTECTED]
