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authorAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>2006-03-23 03:00:57 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-03-23 07:38:16 -0800
commitdd287796d608fcdc3fe5e8fdb5bf762a8f1bc32a (patch)
tree84be163fdc5fe36eb8d3f1aa5e60bfd1d794c641 /Documentation
parent41c28ff1635e71af072c4711ff5fadd5855d48e7 (diff)
[PATCH] pause_on_oops command line option
Attempt to fix the problem wherein people's oops reports scroll off the screen due to repeated oopsing or to oopses on other CPUs. If this happens the user can reboot with the `pause_on_oops=<seconds>' option. It will allow the first oopsing CPU to print an oops record just a single time. Second oopsing attempts, or oopses on other CPUs will cause those CPUs to enter a tight loop until the specified number of seconds have elapsed. The patch implements the infrastructure generically in the expectation that architectures other than x86 will find it useful. Cc: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt5
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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 880be3a30d8..7b7382d0f75 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1126,6 +1126,11 @@ running once the system is up.
pas16= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/pas16.c.
+ pause_on_oops=
+ Halt all CPUs after the first oops has been printed for
+ the specified number of seconds. This is to be used if
+ your oopses keep scrolling off the screen.
+
pcbit= [HW,ISDN]
pcd. [PARIDE]