[OpenAFS] why does osi_Panic oops ?

Derrick J Brashear shadow@dementia.org
Thu, 11 Oct 2001 18:29:21 -0400 (EDT)


On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, Bart Banter wrote:

> Why does the osi_Panic() routine force an oops instead of calling the kernel 
> panic() routine?

It's possible (though problematic) to use a machine on which AFS has
oops'd. Once it panics, you don't have that option. It is probably the
case that most people just want their machine to reboot and we should
panic() but this is the first time it's come up.

-D