Re: port-sparc64/46461: Sun E450 drops to DDB on boot of 6.0_BETA

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-sparc64/46461; it has been noted by 
GNATS.

From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: port-sparc64-maintainer%netbsd.org@localhost, 
gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
        netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, he%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: port-sparc64/46461: Sun E450 drops to DDB on boot of 6.0_BETA
Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 18:11:53 +0200

 On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 02:20:04PM +0000, Michael wrote:
 >  I think, after reading Havards replies, the problem is not so much any =20=
 >  
 >  of the fb drivers but the sparc64 code which figures out where the =20
 >  console is, apparently the case where the console gets temporarily =20
 >  switched to ttya when no keyboard is present confuses the living hell =20=
 >  
 >  out of it.
 >  That's why I asked what happens with the console explicitly set to ttya.
 
 I do that regularily with both ffb and xvr100, and it does not confuse
 the kernel.
 
 Martin