From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 10 Jan 2001 11:28:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 10 Jan 2001 11:28:22 -0500 Received: from mailout00.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.16]:51725 "EHLO mailout00.sul.t-online.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Wed, 10 Jan 2001 11:28:09 -0500 Message-ID: <3A5C8D2F.79D0A9A5@aixigo.de> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:26:23 +0100 From: Tobias Haustein Organization: aixigo AG X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.13 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Kernel shouldn't wait for any key in case of error Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi folks, I found that the kernel (checked on 2.2.16 and 2.2.17) contains at least two calls to wait_for_keypress (in drivers/block/rd.c and fs/super.c). This is very annoying if you're running a server farm that is located in another building. I'd propose a configuration option that allows a user to decide whether the kernel is allowed to wait for "any key". Another solution would be to provide a timeout. Ciao, Tobias Haustein -- Dipl. Inform. Tobias Haustein aixigo AG - Financial Research and Education Schloß-Rahe-Straße 15, 52072 Aachen, Germany Phone +49 (241) 93 67 37 - 40, Fax +49 (241) 93 67 37 - 99 E-Mail T.Haustein@aixigo.de, Web http://www.aixigo.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/