From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Oct 14 13:53:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA23969 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 13:53:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lestat.nas.nasa.gov (lestat.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.50.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA23961 for ; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 13:53:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lestat.nas.nasa.gov (8.8.8/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA11114; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 13:51:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199810142051.NAA11114@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> X-Authentication-Warning: lestat.nas.nasa.gov: localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: dg@root.com Cc: Andrew Gallatin , Chris Csanady , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel traps on boot.. Reply-To: Jason Thorpe From: Jason Thorpe Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 13:51:42 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 14 Oct 1998 11:33:18 -0700 David Greenman wrote: > Kernel printf's spewing on the console are a pretty annoying way to > encourage someone to fix the problem. I think I'd rather see that than a > panic. Panics are even more annoying. And they acually force you to fix them. Just doing printfs for broken kernel code only encourages laziness. Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: +1 408 866 1912 NAS: M/S 258-5 Work: +1 650 604 0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: +1 650 940 5942 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message