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From: R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl (Rogier Wolff)
To: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
Cc: Rogier Wolff <R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.4. continues after Aieee...
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 17:30:29 +0100 (MET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200011151630.RAA04141@cave.bitwizard.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.25.0.20001115111100.03572eb0@mail.etinc.com> from Dennis at "Nov 15, 2000 11:15:21 am"

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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  reply	other threads:[~2000-11-15 17:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-11-15  7:53 2.4. continues after Aieee Rogier Wolff
2000-11-15 16:15 ` Dennis
2000-11-15 16:30   ` Rogier Wolff [this message]
2000-11-16 11:20     ` Russell King
2000-11-16 15:34     ` Dennis
2000-11-16 16:11       ` Russell King
2000-11-16  4:51   ` David Feuer

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