Subject: Re: halt on panic [patch]
To: Frank van der Linden <fvdl@netbsd.org>
From: Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/28/2004 19:11:13
On Mon, 28 Jun 2004, Frank van der Linden wrote:
> > +#ifdef HALT_ON_PANIC
> > +       bootopt |= RB_HALT;
> > +#endif
>
> It'd better if that was a sysctl knob..

I can see if I can add a sysctl knob, but I need to fix the default at
compile time. The panic I'm seeing is during MAKEDEV on a machine with no
/dev, and it's a bit hard to sneak in a sysctl before that (besides the
fact that there's no sysctl on that system, and no place for it either!)


 - Hubert

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