From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755188Ab0E3V7A (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 May 2010 17:59:00 -0400 Received: from s12.ALPHA-c2.vectant.ne.jp ([222.230.51.12]:51469 "EHLO s12.ALPHA-c2.vectant.ne.jp" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755101Ab0E3V67 (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 May 2010 17:58:59 -0400 Message-Id: <201005302158.AA00414@tamuki.linet.gr.jp> From: TAMUKI Shoichi Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 06:58:16 +0900 To: Randy Dunlap Cc: Ingo Molnar , Andrew Morton , Anton Blanchard , Andi Kleen , Andy Green , TAMUKI Shoichi , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] panic: keep blinking in spite of long spin timer mode In-Reply-To: <20100528152241.4f5db28f.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> References: <20100528152241.4f5db28f.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: AL-Mail32 Version 1.13 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello, Thank you for your comment. On Fri, 28 May 2010 15:22:41 -0700 Randy Dunlap wrote: > > + panicblink= [KNL] The speed of panic blink (default is 12 wpm) > > What is "wpm"? In typing, it's words per minute. > Is it "winks per minute" here? If not, what? Yes, it's words per minute. "wpm" here is analogized to the speed of morse code and is thought natural and reasonable as an indicator of the speed of blinking. The period of panic blink can be computed by the formula T = 7200 / W, where T is the period in milliseconds, W is the speed in wpm. Anyway, not to be confused, I will add two lines of the above-mentioned to kernel-parameters.txt in the PATCH v2. Regards, TAMUKI Shoichi