Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757275AbYAYRcJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:32:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753880AbYAYRb4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:31:56 -0500 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.188]:62055 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753823AbYAYRbz (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:31:55 -0500 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:31:44 +0100 (CET) From: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de> To: Andi Kleen cc: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Introduce softpanic In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii X-be10.7eggert.dyndns.org-MailScanner-Information: See www.mailscanner.info for information X-be10.7eggert.dyndns.org-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-be10.7eggert.dyndns.org-MailScanner-From: 7eggert@gmx.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18jJIG1DOUShllTz7qtv66CmjjHNB0bIa7eRfE HbdrIpg3r8L/81Utt8iL9CIrDEPqJxbR+SDZuFV7rX4dPnWsOQ QIXydqwCT9aE3KjKvax4g== Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1485 Lines: 32 On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, Andi Kleen wrote: > Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de> writes: > > Enabling this option changes a hard panic on boot errors to a > > soft panic, which does not stop the system completely. > > You can still scroll the screen and read the messages. > > I don't think it's a good idea to keep the network running in the > soft panic. A lot of people have set ups that use ping was a watchdog > and with nfsroot/ip=dhcp ping does work quite well before > mounting root and then the watchdog might not pick up the > soft panic. > Using a polled keyboard driver after panic seems to be the better > option to me, but if you want softpanic you should probably > at least add a suitable panic notifier to the network stack > to shut it all down. I have no idea on how to do it. If somebody has a big red arrow pointing to a HOWTO, I can give it a try. OTOH, I think the panic timeout should do the job nicely. -- If you talk about race, it does not make you a racist. If you see distinctions between the genders, it does not make you a sexist. If you think critically about a denomination, it does not make you anti-religion. If you accept but don't celebrate homosexuality, it does not make you a homophobe.Charlton Heston -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/