Re: kern/56737: WDCTL_RST errors in 9.99.92 and 9.99.93

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 03:35:01PM +0000, Martin Husemann wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR kern/56737; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
> To: Robert Nestor <rnestor%mac.com@localhost>
> Cc: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
> Subject: Re: kern/56737: WDCTL_RST errors in 9.99.92 and 9.99.93
> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2023 16:33:04 +0100
> 
>  On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 08:01:38AM -0600, Robert Nestor wrote:
>  
>  > Didn?t see a single failure in booting, but did see one kernel crash on
>  > a ?shutdown -r now? between boots.  Unfortunately it didn?t take a dump
>  > but it seemed to be near where the boot disk was being detached.
>  
>  That sounds a bit like one of the other two extra delays - I wonder if we
>  should just make them all non-optional. Manuel, what do you think?

The delays were probably there for a reason, although I don't remember
exactly why. I don't know how the delays could affect shutdown though
(I should look again at the code but I don't have time right now)

Making then all non-optional again is probably the safest.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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