Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 01:28:02 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: current@freebsd.org, msmith@freebsd.org Subject: Re: early panics broken Message-ID: <199908300828.BAA18479@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 30 Aug 1999 17:38:05 %2B1000." <199908300738.RAA05290@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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> panic() no longer works when called early. E.g., after booting with -d, > typing `panic<newline>' at the debugger prompt produces no output and > hangs. > > This may be because panic() now depends on uninitialized event handlers. That would only be an issue if panic() then calls boot() without initialising it. Until boot() has been told how to restart the particular hardware it's running on in an appropriate fashion, it's somewhat difficult to do this "right". Perhaps exit() needs to be implemented? -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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