Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] drm/panic: Add a qr_code panic screen

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Jul 09, 2024 at 11:11:35AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 09, 2024 at 10:40:10AM +0200, Jocelyn Falempe wrote:
> > +config DRM_PANIC_SCREEN_QR_CODE_URL
> > +	string "Base url of the QR code in the panic screen"
> > +	depends on DRM_PANIC_SCREEN_QR_CODE
> > +	help
> > +	  This option sets the base url to report the kernel panic. If it's set
> > +	  the qr code will contain the url and the kmsg compressed with zlib as
> > +	  url parameter. If it's empty, the qr code will contain the kmsg as
> > +	  uncompressed text only.
> 
> meta-comment, should we by default do this on a kernel.org domain so
> that no specific distro has to worry about hosing this type of web
> service?

Also, do you have the backend source for this to show how anyone can
host it themselves as well?  We can't add features to the kernel that no
one but closed-source implementations will use for obvious reasons.

thanks,

greg k-h