Linux Developers Consider On-Screen QR Codes For Kernel Panics

An anonymous reader writes "Linux kernel developers are currently evaluating the possibility of using QR codes to display kernel oops/panic messages. Right now a lot of text is dumped to the screen when a kernel oops occurs, most of which isn't easily archivable by normal Linux end-users. With QR codes as Linux oops messages, a smart-phone could capture the display and either report the error string or redirect them to an error page on Kernel.org. The idea of using QR codes within the Linux kernel is still being discussed by upstream developers."

Re:Dump kernel to serial printer

[smittyoneeach]

You gonna need a big bowl to catch all them corn flakes, mister.

Re:Dump kernel to serial printer

[Anonymous Coward]

No! We cannot do both! It must be either one or the other!

No way!

[msobkow]

I am NOT buying a fucking cell phone to read a core dump.

Just fuck right off already. Not everyone wants a digital leash.

Re:Dump kernel to serial printer

[flyingfsck]

Bah. Punch cards are so much better. You young, know nothing, whipper snappers with your newfangled hoosammawhatsits...