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Date:      Sat, 19 Dec 1998 23:51:39 -0800 (PST)
From:      Tom <tom@uniserve.com>
To:        Staffan Ulfberg <staffanu@nada.kth.se>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Kernel panic
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9812192349250.3513-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>
In-Reply-To: <873e6b1r3b.fsf@multivac.fatburen.org>

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On 20 Dec 1998, Staffan Ulfberg wrote:

> I sort of think that a kernel panic is a bug, regardless of the level
> of stupidity needed to trigger it.  Any comments?

  Well, basically you corrupted your filesystems.  Corrupted filesystems
cause panics.  It isn't a bug.  Panics are the only recourse.  What else
could the kernel do?  The filesystem is unintelligble.  The safest thing
is to panic, which should cause a reboot and perhaps will be better next
time around.

> Staffan

Tom


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