default CONFIG_KDB_OFF behavior

Wed Aug 20 06:48:51 PDT 2003

If KDB is off, the system would continue down its panic notifier path, and
eventually reboot or just sit on the panic.
On your running system, see what value is reported in 'cat
/proc/sys/kernel/panic'.    A nonzero value would be the timeout in seconds
before the system reboots, after a panic.
A '0' will cause the system to just sit, no reboot.    The value can be set
with a "panic=xx" kernel parm, or cat'ing a new value into
/proc/sys/kernel/panic.

willschm at us.ibm.com
Linux on PowerPC-64 Development
IBM Rochester

                      Bruce Edge                                                                                                                     
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I enable this, what happens when I get a panic?
Does the box reboot?
Conversly, is there an easy way to get the box to reboot on a panic if
kdb is disabled?

Thanks in advance, Bruce.