Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:06:00 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org> To: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [Testers wanted] /dev/console cleanups Message-ID: <20081120100600.GB22639@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <86r656oha4.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <e71790db0810271936r1ce4619an1d64c6aae62c3ec1@mail.gmail.com> <20081028081154.GQ6808@hoeg.nl> <20081118213410.GA81783@hoeg.nl> <20081118214919.GM83287@bunrab.catwhisker.org> <7d6fde3d0811190202p4f6d8941h3932b70b8fe1a93a@mail.gmail.com> <20081119104731.GA83366@icarus.home.lan> <20081120063936.GU51761@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20081120070820.GA19307@icarus.home.lan> <86r656oha4.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 10:53:07AM +0100, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org> writes: > > Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> writes: > > > This is deliberate. If the system panics, stuff that was in the > > > message buffer (and might not be on disk) can be read when the > > > system reboots. If there is no crashdump, this might be the only > > > record of what happened. > > That doesn't sound deliberate at all -- it sounds like a quirk that > > people (you?) are relying on. > > No, it is deliberate. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean we're > morons. I said nothing about liking/disliking it, nor did I namecall or condescend. Thanks for being a complete prick, des. Jesus christ... -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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