[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:
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> 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.
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> ____________________
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> De : David Quintana (gigaherz)
> Date : 13 janvier 2018 11h17
> À : ros-dev at reactos.org
> 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 <gedmurphy.maillists at gmail.com 
> <mailto:gedmurphy.maillists at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     You’ve been looking at too many Win10 blue screens
>
>     *From:*Ros-dev [mailto:ros-dev-bounces at reactos.org
>     <mailto:ros-dev-bounces at reactos.org>] *On Behalf Of *Timo Kreuzer
>     *Sent:* 12 January 2018 20:23
>     *To:* ros-dev at reactos.org <mailto:ros-dev at reactos.org>
>     *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 :)
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>     Am 11.01.2018 um 00:48 schrieb Thomas Faber:
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>         We often get bug reports with just a screenshot of a bluescreen; we then
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>         go ahead and tell people that bluescreens are basically useless, they
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>         should get a debug log and a backtrace, and also remember to tell us
>
>         what version they're using.
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>           
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>         Since there's actually no reason why bluescreens need to be useless, I
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>         thought I'd try to change that.
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>         I've attached an example. The source for this quick PoC can be found at
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>         https://github.com/ThFabba/reactos/commit/6a9f172b76bd11f763598c16e5d47299eec1971c
>         <https://github.com/ThFabba/reactos/commit/6a9f172b76bd11f763598c16e5d47299eec1971c>
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>         Thoughts?
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