In message <19981010181149.56966@antioche.lip6.fr>  Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> Ok, I understand that there are some situations where this delay is a problem
> (althouh 2s is not significant in face of the time needed for fsck after 
> a panic ...). I still think a human needs 2 seconds to notice there
> is an unusual message and to look at it.
> The delay before reboot can be made a kernel option. This way you can
> specify the delay, or set it to 0 if you don't want any delay at all.
> The default would be 2s (for a server, I think you build a custom kernel
> anyway). 
> Would everyone be happy with this ?

Thats ok, as long as there is an 'official' option for it. It's just a pain
to keep a modified file an track -current.

Stefan

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> Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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