Preparations for a kernel panic screen as sort of like a Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSoD).
This is my favorite part.
My guess is it means this sort of recent windows feature of showing a QR code on how to search for the issue you’re experiencing
Having a QR code with a link to the error code or at least a way to search it is an excellent UX thing, especially for those who are less accustomed to dealing with Linux kernel panics
See the comments in response to mine on how this might look
I love your specific example screenshot
"Hey is this Microsoft support? Yeah, err, so I've got this MANUALLY_INITIATED_CRASH error, can you help?"
"Have you tried.. Not initiating...a crash..?"
Lol just what I found first with a quick google, but it is funny
It doesn't have a QR code in it's current state AFAIK, but I believe the guy wants to add one eventually. Here's what it might look like:
I like it when my crashes come with a plain text explanation of what caused the crash. It just seems simpler to me than having to deal with some barcode fuckery.
One doesn’t exclude the other. And if you really hate QR codes that much I’m sure there will be a flag or you can recompile the kernel without this, it’s Linux after all
This is my favorite part.
My guess is it means this sort of recent windows feature of showing a QR code on how to search for the issue you’re experiencing
Having a QR code with a link to the error code or at least a way to search it is an excellent UX thing, especially for those who are less accustomed to dealing with Linux kernel panics
See the comments in response to mine on how this might look
I love your specific example screenshot
"Hey is this Microsoft support? Yeah, err, so I've got this MANUALLY_INITIATED_CRASH error, can you help?"
"Have you tried.. Not initiating...a crash..?"
Lol just what I found first with a quick google, but it is funny
It doesn't have a QR code in it's current state AFAIK, but I believe the guy wants to add one eventually. Here's what it might look like:
Also from the commits it looks like the colours are configurable at compile time (white on black default), and that exclamation Tux is already there.
Nah, that only handles boot errors, not kernel panics.
Ah thanks for the clarification, that’s pretty neat, I’ll update my comment
I like it when my crashes come with a plain text explanation of what caused the crash. It just seems simpler to me than having to deal with some barcode fuckery.
One doesn’t exclude the other. And if you really hate QR codes that much I’m sure there will be a flag or you can recompile the kernel without this, it’s Linux after all