Re: oops pauser. / boot_delayer

[Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>]

>> This one delays each printk() during boot by a variable time
>> (from kernel command line), while system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING.
>
>This sounds a bit like a aprils fool joke, what it is meant to do? You can
>read the messages in the bootlog and use the scrollback keys, no?
>
If the end result is a PANIC, then no, then scrollback keys do not work. 
Also note that the kernel generates a lot of noise^W text - if now the 
start scripts from $YOUR_FAVORITE_DISTRO also fill up, I can barely reach 
the top of the kernel when it says
  Linux version 2.6.15 (jengelh@gwdg-wb04.gwdg.de) (gcc version 4.0.2 
  20050901 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux)) #1 Tue Jan 3 09:21:27 CET 2006

Plus, if you happen to oops away, panic away or just get a "VFS root
unmountable" during kernel _boot_, you cannot use scrollback either.

So to say, scrollback starts working (for me) when INIT is spawned.



Jan Engelhardt
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