Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 19:10:30 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: panic on one cpu leaves others running... Message-ID: <20040408091030.GA6458@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1040408001234.39416A-100000@fledge.watson.org> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1040408001234.39416A-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 12:13:39AM -0400, Robert Watson wrote: >Funky, eh? I thought we used to have code to ipi the other cpu's and halt >them until the cpu in ddb was out agian. I guess I mis-remember, or that >code is broken... Look on it as a feature - most other Unices can't survive a panic. Being able to continue running in a degraded mode until a suitable maintenance window is available would be a real selling point in HA applications. Even being able to shutdown cleanly would be better than coming to a screaming halt. :-) (sort of). Peter
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