--- zzzz-none-000/linux-2.4.17/kernel/panic.c	2001-09-30 19:26:08.000000000 +0000
+++ sangam-fb-322/linux-2.4.17/kernel/panic.c	2004-11-24 13:21:27.000000000 +0000
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 asmlinkage void sys_sync(void);	/* it's really int */
 
-int panic_timeout;
+int panic_timeout = 5;
 
 struct notifier_block *panic_notifier_list;