Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 09:07:13 -0200 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> Cc: obrien@FreeBSD.org, "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/common panic.c Message-ID: <3C149761.AAB205B@newsguy.com> References: <54466.1007977919@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
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Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > On Sat, 08 Dec 2001 19:13:21 PST, "David O'Brien" wrote: > > > > Modified files: > > > sys/boot/common panic.c > > > Log: > > > Waits for a keypress before rebooting on panic. > > > > This sounds scary for unattended machines. Perhaps this should be > > wrapped with DDB_UNATTENDED. > > As was pointed out when dcs first made this change, the panic in > question happens so early that an automatic reboot isn't going to > achieve anything. Not entirely true. That is the case of unattended machines, but it is conceivable to try a loader/loader.conf on a remote machine through PXE boot and have it go wrong. In that case, the key press effectively prevents one from going back to a known working version of these files. I was told the fix was already in, though. Perhaps I should have checked... -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org capo@the.secret.bsdconspiracy.net wow regex humor... I'm a geek To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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