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Subject: Re: 2.4. continues after Aieee...
In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.25.0.20001115111100.03572eb0@mail.etinc.com> from Dennis
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To: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 17:30:29 +0100 (MET)
CC: Rogier Wolff <R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
From: R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl (Rogier Wolff)
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Dennis wrote:
> At 02:53 AM 11/15/2000, Rogier Wolff wrote:
> 
> >Shouldn't the system be "halted" after an "Aiee, killing interrupt
> >handler"?
> >
> 
> This brings another question. Has there been any work done to force linux 
> to reboot on all panics? Linux's propensity to crash drivers (say the 

You already have the option to say what happens on panic. 

> network card driver) and leave the system running make linux unusable in 
> unattended environments as the machine is functionally dead.

Which doesn't help in this case, as your network card COULD be dead,
while the system simply hasn't crashed....

				Roger.



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