Are kernel panics stored for analysis in Android?

[Stoddard Robert-JWND84]

I work for Motorola, and we're using Android for a number of new
projects. One of the big policies that we've got is that we like to
keep panic information for analysis.
We would like to keep panic data for later relaying back to the company
when our testers and other employees get kernel panics. The unfortunate
side of kernel panics
is that they never happen right when you want them to- usually they
happen when you're not at work. Usually all the good information about
what's going on goes *POOF* shortly
afterwards, leaving us with no clue as to what happened. Please note, I
have not yet suffered a kernel panic, I have been asked to work on this
as a preemptive measure.
I looked at the kernel/panic.c file and didn't see anything new or
interesting added to the kernel, but that doesn't mean that it's not
hiding somewhere else. I also searched the documentation for "panic"
and found nothing.


So the big question: Does Android have a mechanism for saving panic
data to flash?

Thank you for your assistance,

Rob Stoddard


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