On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, Andi Kleen wrote: > Bodo Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
