Re: [PATCH 02/14] add blockconsole version 1.1

2013-05-22 Thread Jörn Engel
On Wed, 22 May 2013 15:43:22 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Wed, 22 May 2013 17:04:16 -0400 J__rn Engel wrote: > > > > > Documentation/block/blockconsole.txt| 94 > > > > Documentation/block/blockconsole/bcon_tail | 62 +++ > > > > Documentation/block/blockconsole/mkb

Re: [PATCH 02/14] add blockconsole version 1.1

2013-05-22 Thread Andrew Morton
On Wed, 22 May 2013 17:04:16 -0400 J__rn Engel wrote: > > > Documentation/block/blockconsole.txt| 94 > > > Documentation/block/blockconsole/bcon_tail | 62 +++ > > > Documentation/block/blockconsole/mkblockconsole | 29 ++ > > > > We really need somewhere better to p

Re: [PATCH 02/14] add blockconsole version 1.1

2013-05-22 Thread Jörn Engel
On Wed, 22 May 2013 13:48:22 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 9 May 2013 16:43:00 -0400 Joern Engel wrote: > > > Console driver similar to netconsole, except it writes to a block > > device. Can be useful in a setup where netconsole, for whatever > > reasons, is impractical. > > It would

Re: [PATCH 02/14] add blockconsole version 1.1

2013-05-22 Thread Andrew Morton
On Thu, 9 May 2013 16:43:00 -0400 Joern Engel wrote: > Console driver similar to netconsole, except it writes to a block > device. Can be useful in a setup where netconsole, for whatever > reasons, is impractical. It would be useful to provide a description of how the code works. How it avoid

[PATCH 02/14] add blockconsole version 1.1

2013-05-09 Thread Joern Engel
Console driver similar to netconsole, except it writes to a block device. Can be useful in a setup where netconsole, for whatever reasons, is impractical. Changes since version 1.0: - Header format overhaul, addressing several annoyances when actually using blockconsole for production. - Steve