From: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com>
To: Clemens Koller <clemens.koller@anagramm.de>
Cc: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] introduce panic_gently
Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:00:28 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <468E833C.6030300@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <468DF5D9.4040803@anagramm.de>
On 07/06/2007 03:57 AM, Clemens Koller wrote:
> Bodo Eggert schrieb:
>> If the boot process failes to find init or the root fs, the cause has
>> usually scrolled off the screen, and because of the panic, it can't be
>> reached anymore.
>>
>> This patch introduces panic_gently, which will allow to use the
>> scrollback buffer and to reboot, but it can't be called from unsafe
>> context.
>
> In the case where you introduced panic_gently() there is IMHO no reason
> to panic() at all. There is no bug which got hit, the machine just needs
> user intervention because of wrong boot parameters (in most cases).
>
> What about asking the user for the correct root= or init= parameters
> and just retry/continue the boot process?
>
> The 180seconds reboot timeout also doesn't make sense here. The problem
> won't go away after a reboot without user interaction.
What about GRUB fallbacks? The fallback image/kernel will start
automatically on reboot if you use that feature.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-07-06 18:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-07-05 23:07 [RFC][PATCH] introduce panic_gently Bodo Eggert
2007-07-06 7:57 ` Clemens Koller
2007-07-06 12:03 ` Andi Kleen
2007-07-06 20:52 ` Oleg Verych
2007-07-06 18:00 ` Chuck Ebbert [this message]
2007-07-08 17:24 ` Clemens Koller
2007-07-06 12:05 ` Andi Kleen
2007-07-06 15:24 ` Bodo Eggert
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