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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
See the comments in response to mine on how this might look
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:
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.
Nah, that only handles boot errors, not kernel panics.
Well the QR code part hasn't even been submitted to the maintainers yet AFAIK, so there's still time to change, and I'm sure it'll be configurable so you either get a stack trace or a QR code.