> 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?
>
> This is a remote machine, getting to console over a serial line is impossible.
> My only connection to it is it's network interface. A rare situation I know,
> but having this function could be useful.
>
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.
There exists a panic_timeout in panic() (../linux/kernel.panic.c). If this
is nonzero, the machine should reboot after a panic. However, I can't
find any documentation about how to set it. The code seems to show that
this value can be set in /proc/sys/kernel/panic. I have never tried it.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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