> On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Yoink! wrote:
>
> > I've been having a problem with a linux box oopsing. (Probably hardware, if
> > not, I'll post the oopsen later.) My question is this: is it possible to
> > configure a linux box to reboot itself after an oops? If not, why?
[snip]
> The reason for a 'panic' is so the machine is halted long enough for
> someone to find the problem. Registers, data values, etc., are preserved.
If it's important, it's probably worth investing in a hardware watchdog, to
catch the (hopefully exceedingly rare) cases where the machine hangs rather
than panic()ing.
Thinking about it: the kernel doesn't always panic on oopsen, does it? This
probably needs to be settable via sysctl, a la reboot-on-panic.
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