[ros-kernel] Kernel crash: Timing dependent error on startup

[David Welch]

On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 11:07:57PM +0200, Mike Nordell wrote:
> Mike Nordell wrote:
> 
> > If you've got a "too fast" machine, the kernel will crash on startup.
> 
> This was wrong, and on closer inspection the user couldn't repro it - at
> least not with a "warm" machine. He's going to test it again sometime later
> and notify. Until then, please disregard everything else I wrote.
> 
The initial process shouldn't exit at all - though the five seconds does
seem arbitary. I think NT has a thread which just waits for the system
process to exit and bug checks if it does.