[Info-vax] Looking for other IDEAS for Small/Medium OVMS appliance server????

[Bob Koehler]

In article <00AAA645.76C1CBCC at SendSpamHere.ORG>,   VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
> 
> Well, I've long contended that the bit is improperly named.  It should
> be called PCB$V_IMMORTAL.  When this bit is set, it is telling OpenVMS
> that this process must exist.  If an exception should occur and it is
> not fielded by the software, it is going to cause image rundown.  When
> the rundown get to the final stages in SYS$EXIT, it sees that this is
> an IMMORTAL process.  It sets process scheduling priority to 0 and then
> does what it can to insure that the process is retained; it loops on:
> 20$: BRB 20$.

   Essentially causing multiple null prcesses.  I recall killing NETACP
   before that bit was invented would cause fat Al to show up, I guess
   this is better than nothing.  But there is absolutely no reason an
   application should use it.  Whatever problem they were trying to fix,
   there must be a better design.