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From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@yahoo.com>
Cc: for.poige+linux@gmail.com, Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: > I even didn't have a backtrace.
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:07:28 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081229140728.GB31266@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4958C9CD.5050003@yahoo.com>

On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 12:59:57PM +0000, Sitsofe Wheeler wrote:
> Igor Podlesny wrote:
> >	Similar, but no exactly. I just thought that unlikely BIOS erases
> >memory content during "fast checks", so kernel diagnostic could be
> 
> My understanding is that the only part of the BIOS that doesn't get 
> cleared over a reboot (the hardware clock) is already being abused for 
> suspend tracing  - 
> http://mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/power/s2ram.txt .

That's the only part of the system that's guaranteed to persist over a 
power cycle. You probably have a little more flexibility with a warm 
reboot.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org

  reply	other threads:[~2008-12-29 14:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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     [not found]   ` <fa.LbTTdeLVGfaCxioVgNMO13Libio@ifi.uio.no>
2008-12-29 12:59     ` Sitsofe Wheeler
2008-12-29 14:07       ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
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     [not found]   ` <bOpT3-2LN-11@gated-at.bofh.it>
2008-12-29 19:24     ` Bodo Eggert
2008-12-29 23:33       ` Alan Cox
     [not found] <fa.49EGxNgCILq/XfuGCazHZV8OJlg@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found] ` <4958C2CE.7060206@yahoo.com>
2008-12-29 12:52   ` Igor Podlesny
2008-12-29  7:03 Igor Podlesny
2008-12-30  2:17 ` Daniel Barkalow

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