Re: [ros-dev] Making bluescreens more useful

[Mark Jansen]

Let's just start with the basic idea, a bsod with a stacktrace.
Then, we can add onto that, maybe a qr code, or translate the addresses 
etc..

On 13-1-2018 12:24, Hermès BÉLUSCA - MAÏTO wrote:
> I suppose the idea of putting an idiotic smiley was the "idea" of an 
> intern ^^
>
> Also our qr code would be actually useful, instead of the hardcoded 
> ones win10 seems to display (as it looks the idea of thomas would 
> include the backtrace in it).
>
> H.
>
> De : David Quintana (gigaherz)
> Date : 13 janvier 2018 11h17
> À : [e-mail]
> Cc :
> Objet : Re: [ros-dev] Making bluescreens more useful
>
> Whatever we do, DO NOT put a smiley in it. It feels like an insult.
>
> On 13 January 2018 at 10:36, Ged Murphy <[e-mail] 
> mailto:[e-mail]> wrote:
> You’ve been looking at too many Win10 blue screens
>
> *From:*Ros-dev [mailto:[e-mail]
> <mailto:[e-mail]>] *On Behalf Of *Timo Kreuzer
> *Sent:* 12 January 2018 20:23
> *To:* [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
> *Subject:* Re: [ros-dev] Making bluescreens more useful
>
>
> I like it. I recently thought about another possibility to make
> the BSOD more useful: A QR code.
> A QR code can contain up to almost 3 KB of arbitrary data or 4 KB
> text.
>
> Here's a quick example (1425 characters)
> Try it out, use your phone and scan it :)
>
>
>
>
>
> Am 11.01.2018 um 00:48 schrieb Thomas Faber:
>
>     We often get bug reports with just a screenshot of a bluescreen; we then
>
>     go ahead and tell people that bluescreens are basically useless, they
>
>     should get a debug log and a backtrace, and also remember to tell us
>
>     what version they're using.
>
>
>
>     Since there's actually no reason why bluescreens need to be useless, I
>
>     thought I'd try to change that.
>
>     I've attached an example. The source for this quick PoC can be found at
>
>     https://github.com/ThFabba/reactos/commit/6a9f172b76bd11f763598c16e5d47299eec1971c
>     <https://github.com/ThFabba/reactos/commit/6a9f172b76bd11f763598c16e5d47299eec1971c>
>
>
>
>     Thoughts?
>
>
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