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Message-ID: <p73ejc67xvb.fsf@bingen.suse.de> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:01:28 +0100 From: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> To: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Introduce softpanic Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....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. -Andi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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