Date: 14 Oct 1998 23:12:03 -0700 From: cgd@netbsd.org (Chris G. Demetriou) To: tonyg@OntheNet.com.au Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel traps on boot.. Message-ID: <87ogremk0c.fsf@netbsd1.cygnus.com> In-Reply-To: Tony Griffiths's message of Thu, 15 Oct 1998 13:17:05 %2B1000 References: Your message of "14 Oct 1998 18:59:18 PDT." <8767dmoaa1.fsf@netbsd1.cygnus.com> <199810150228.TAA28194@kithrup.com> <36256931.3E4CD672@OntheNet.com.au>
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Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au> writes: > Perhaps the only caveat I would put on this is to use a sysctl flag to > determine whether a panic/dump is taken or a fixup done, thus allowing a > knowledgable person to make a hopefully informed decision on the severity of > the error and the potential consequences of ignoring it! And, to respond to this: To make such an informed decision, you need to evaluate the problem in context, which means examining the source, tracking down the bug, etc. If you can't track down the bug to something you understand, then you're probably not in a position to make such an informed decision. If you disable it blindly, then you're just rolling the dice... If you can figure out the problem and evaluate it, then it's pretty bloody easy to "#if 0" the chunk of code that panics in the case of that trap, and probably also fairly easy to fix the bug. 8-) cgd -- Chris Demetriou - cgd@netbsd.org - http://www.netbsd.org/People/Pages/cgd.html Disclaimer: Not speaking for NetBSD, just expressing my own opinion. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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