Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [Fastboot] Re: Announce: dumpfs v0.01 - common RAS output API | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Wed, 28 Jul 2004 20:59:04 +0100 |
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On Mer, 2004-07-28 at 21:33, Andrew Morton wrote: > We really don't want to be calling driver shutdown functions from a crashed > kernel.
Then at the very least you need to disable bus mastering and have specialist recovery functions for problematic devices. The bus mastering one is essential otherwise bus masters will continue to DMA random data into your new universe.
Other stuff like graphics cards and IDE may need care too.
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