Re: What is "Kernel OOPs"?

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Abdul Latip wrote:
Apology, I am not a native  English speaker. 
Maybe so, but your english and spelling are better than many posts I 
have seen :)

It is still not so clear
what exactly "Kernel OOPs" refers to. I tried to google with
no luck.
"oops" is like a short version of "whoops"
Basicly it means there has been a mistake of some sort.
A kernel "oops" means that for some reason the kernel can not continue.
Usually it will put out a error message explaining why.
How is kernel oops related to:
- kernel crash?
They are sort of the same.

- dmesg?
dmesg just displays what the kernel outputs during boot. Usually you 
want to type "dmesg | less" so that you can scroll through all the messages.

- someone/something is probing/tempering the kernel?
If someone has tampered with the kernel badly enough to break it, then 
it might cause an "oops". This would be the last place I look if an 
"oops" happened though.

- just an ordinary "whoops"...
Only if the kernel could no longer continue running.

- other?

thank you



Hope this helps,
     PaulNM
P.S. I went looking for some examples and found this...

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=104713322017590&w=2

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