Re: [RFC] QR encoding for Oops messages

From: Jason Cooper
Date: Fri Apr 04 2014 - 11:12:52 EST


On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 10:21:39PM +0200, Levente Kurusa wrote:
...
> Oh and I had an idea of adding a new kernel parameter, something
> like 'qr_oops.*'. (Looking for a better name! :-) )
> Basically, I thought of the following options so far:
>
> * qr_oops.disable=1 - disable it
> * qr_oops.scale=600x600 - scale the qr code so its easier to read
> with a phone. In my testing I had huge difficulties reading the
> QR codes, but when scaled to be a bit bigger it worked magically.
> This might not be so easy to implement this way, but with preset
> values, i.e. 4x4 squares instead of a pixel, it could work.

oops.qr=0 - disabled
oops.qr=3 - make each QR pixel 3x3 screen pixels.

I've found 3x3 works well for business cards and such.

0.02c...

thx,

Jason.
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