Re: ATF tests still failing to complete within 2 hours on amd64

[Alan Barrett <apb%cequrux.com@localhost>]

On Fri, 02 Dec 2011, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> > Well, if it's broken we should certainly try to fix it. That 
> > said, even if it's not broken, I think three failures in 10,000 
> > is too high for production use... at least if the failure 
> > causes a panic at boot time. Particularly a panic at boot time 
> > when new users are trying to boot the installer for the first 
> > time.
>
> I can't see why.  One in 3,333 times, the test falses positive, 
> the machine reboots, and comes back up running normally.

There's a big difference between "panic" and "reboots and comes 
back up running normally".  Which is it?

--apb (Alan Barrett)