David D. Hagood writes:
> Either you are trying to output the panic information with minimal
> hardware, and in a form a human might be able to decode, in which case
> the Morse option seems to me to be the best, or you are trying to panic
> in a machine readable format - in which case just dump the data out
> /dev/ttyS0 and be done with it!
>
> To my way of thinking, the idea of the Morse option is that if an oops
> happens when you are not expecting it, and you haven't set up any
> equipment to help you, you still have a shot at getting the data.
>
> Trying to dump the oops data out by some form of FSK in most cases seems
> silly - if you have taken the time to set up a microphone and decoder,
> why not just set up a serial terminal?
Reality?
I'm one of the 42 remaining people with a terminal. My VT510
mostly sits unplugged due to heat, and it's taking up space.
The RS-232 port is legacy hardware anyway, due for removal.
My VT510 doesn't speak USB.
Morse doesn't do "<" and other common characters. For those
who know it, morse is useful. For well over 99% of the users,
morse is gibberish anyway.
There's no "set up a microphone and decoder" problem.
Most people have a tape recorder. Use that, then play
back into the PC's sound card after you reboot. Post the
sound file on a web site.
Sure, morse is cute and FSK isn't. FSK is useful. Morse is
useful too, for different reasons. One could output in both
formats, alternating between them until reboot.
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