Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:10:20 -0500 From: Greg Roberts <groberts@gmail.com> To: David DEMELIER <demelier.david@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why panic(9) ? Message-ID: <AANLkTim%2BamUAv%2B7%2BK%2BvVdZdVd0_ADQsBZKqsPruKY7L0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=OQbS-0jJx0YwZhM7xDWPLOkaYYZAYfESUEvvM@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTi=OQbS-0jJx0YwZhM7xDWPLOkaYYZAYfESUEvvM@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 15:11, David DEMELIER <demelier.david@gmail.com>wrote: > Hello, > > I'm just guessing why current BSD panic() when a problem occurs, all > modern operating systems solve the problem instead of crashing > suddently and corrupting all your data without saving your work. > > Yes, why this function exists? There is no way to solve a problem > without panic'ing? Is panic really needed? Imagine someone working on > something really important and his computer just panic, his work not > saved everybody shout at him in the corporation. He lose his job, his > wife, his dog, everything is wrong, just because of a panic() ! > This feature ensures we have country music hits for the life of the operating system. Greg
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