Subject: Re: filesystem code should not panic
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
From: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 11/23/1999 12:23:30
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr> writes:
> Aggred for user mounts but I want to keep the possibility for root mounts
> to stop the machine when a FS goes bad. Keeping the machine running without an
> important FS can have bad consequences (think mail servers ...).

There are many situations in which continuing to run is a bad thing.

That's what watchdog timers, and user-configurable watchdog daemons,
are for.



cgd
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Disclaimer: Not speaking for NetBSD, just expressing my own opinion.