Wednesday, December 12, 2001

Error messages within Linux - from http://unattached.i-no.de/english/linux.php

* Nobody will ever see this message :-) */
panic("Cannot initialize video hardware\n");
2.0.38 /usr/src/linux/arch/m68k/atari/atafb.c

panic("bad_user_access_length executed (not cool, dude)");
2.0.38 /usr/src/linux/kernel/panic.c

if (user_specified)
/* Didn't work, but the user is convinced this is the
* place. */
2.4.0-test2 /usr/src/linux/drivers/parport/parport_pc.c

panic("Lucy in the sky....");
2.2.16 /usr/src/linux/arch/sparc64/kernel/starfire.c

printk("HPFS: Grrrr... Kernel memory corrupted ... going on, but
it'll crash very soon :-(\n");
2.4.3 linux/fs/hpfs/super.c


panic("mother...");
2.2.16 /usr/src/linux/drivers/block/cpqarray.c

#define BB_STAT2_TMP_INTR 0x10 /* My Penguins are burning.
Are you able to smell it? */
2.2.16 /usr/src/linux/include/asm-sparc/obio.h

# Basic IBM dingbats, some of which will never have a purpose clear
# to mankind
2.4.0 linux/drivers/char/cp437.uni



/*
* For moronic filesystems that do not allow holes in file.
* We may have to extend the file.
*/
2.4.0-test2 /usr/src/linux/fs/buffer.c


printk("Illegal format on cdrom. Pester manufacturer.\n");
2.2.16 /usr/src/linux/fs/isofs/inode.c


panic("IRQ, you lose...");
2.2.16 /usr/src/linux/arch/mips/sgi/kernel/indy_int.c

prom_printf("Detected PenguinPages, getting out of here.\n");
2.0.38 /usr/src/linux/arch/sparc/mm/srmmu.c

printk("autofs: Out of inode numbers -- what the heck did you do??\n");
2.0.38 /usr/src/linux/fs/autofs/root.c


/* vsprintf.c -- Lars Wirzenius & Linus Torvalds. */
*
* Wirzenius wrote this portably, Torvalds fucked it up :-)
*/
2.2.16 /usr/src/linux/lib/vsprintf.c

/* Fuck. The f-word is here so you can grep for it :-) */
2.4.3 linux/include/asm-mips/mmu_context.h
Slight Overloading problem...