Re: Fatal error in pipefs.c (RE: [MiNT] a clean "shutdown" command?)

["Konrad M. Kokoszkiewicz" <draco@obta.uw.edu.pl>]

Hi,

> > Well, this may be either a kernel bug or the concept of the vcons is
> > broken. I mean, it seems, that the "bug" may be gone if vcons would be at
> > least partially recoded so that the part that drives the screens and
> > handles the keyboard would be an XDD driver that could be eventually used
> > by a daemon. The fatal error that occurs at shutdown time is apparently
> > correct and means a broken pipeline.
> 
> A FATAL error is always a kernel bug. If a FATAL statement is reached the
> kernel itself is in an inconsistent state and can't be go on.

Yes, you have a point :-) The question is what is the nature of the
inconsistency then. The behaviour is rather annoying and I must confess
that I tried to trace it down several times, but without a big success.
Anyone with new ideas? :-)

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