Linux 6.10 Features Expected From The NTSYNC Driver To Performance Optimizations
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  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago
    • Preparations for a kernel panic screen as sort of like a Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSoD).

    This is my favorite part.

    • kautau@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      My guess is it means this sort of recent windows feature of showing a QR code on how to search for the issue you’re experiencing

      Having a QR code with a link to the error code or at least a way to search it is an excellent UX thing, especially for those who are less accustomed to dealing with Linux kernel panics

      • 9point6@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        I love your specific example screenshot

        “Hey is this Microsoft support? Yeah, err, so I’ve got this MANUALLY_INITIATED_CRASH error, can you help?”

        “Have you tried… Not initiating…a crash…?”

      • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        I like it when my crashes come with a plain text explanation of what caused the crash. It just seems simpler to me than having to deal with some barcode fuckery.

        • kautau@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          One doesn’t exclude the other. And if you really hate QR codes that much I’m sure there will be a flag or you can recompile the kernel without this, it’s Linux after all

      • SteveTech@programming.devEnglish
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        5 months ago

        It doesn’t have a QR code in it’s current state AFAIK, but I believe the guy wants to add one eventually. Here’s what it might look like:

        DRM panic handler panic screenshot https://gitlab.com/kdj0c/panic_report/-/issues/1

        Also from the commits it looks like the colours are configurable at compile time (white on black default), and that exclamation Tux is already there.

        Looks like this is already a thing though with [systemd-bsod]

        Nah, that only handles boot errors, not kernel panics.