Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > So I'd merge a patch that puts oops information (or the whole console > printout) in the Intel management stuff in a heartbeat. That code is > likely much grottier than any kgdb thing will ever be (Intel really > screwed up the interface and made it some insane XML thing), but it's also > fundamentally more important - if it means that normal users can give oops > reports after they happened in X (or, these days, probably more commonly > during suspend/resume) and the machine just died.
I agree. Even with XML ugliness that's a fairly important area. > kgdb? Not so interesting. We have many more hard problems happening at > user sites, not in developer hands. The other problem with the current kgdb code is that it has some serious problems. e.g. it reinvents various kernel interfaces that already exist -- one example is that it adds new notify_die()s just to reimplement the standard __ex_table exceptions in a bogus way. Couple of other issues. So even if it was a good idea to merge the code is not really fully in merge shape anyways. -Andi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
