Re: [RFC/PATCH-mm] i8042: activate panic blink only in X

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Mon Sep 04 2006 - 10:55:35 EST


Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Here is an attempt to make panicblink only active in X so there is a
> chance of keyboard still working after panic in text console. Any reason
> why is should not be done this way?
>

Looks good to me.

Of course it would be even better to fix the panic stuff to not disrupt scrollback,
but short of that it's a good idea.

-Andi (original panic blink author)
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