On 2023-03-05, mabi wrote:
> Hello
>
> Is it possible to have OpenBSD 7.2 automatically reboot after a kernel panic
> happens?
>
> I tried setting:
>
> ddb.panic=0
>
> but it does not reboot automatically.
>
> As I am affected by the pfsync issue which leads to a kernel panic on OpenBSD
> 7.2 so I would like the firewall to reboot as soon as this happens.
That is the only common way to do it (though on some machines
there's a supported hardware watchdog which would have a similar
effect), but of course you're at risk of fsck failures when
coming back after a panic.
You could run a snapshot instead..
