Hi,

> Im sorry to say, but this sounds 'classic': The macppc port has a known
> problem with the serial ports. The serial port driver is known to
> crash, especially under 'heavy' load (displaying a man page can
> sometimes be enough). Best way to solve this, is to make sure you only
> get very spare output on the serial console.

I've had the serial ports lock many times, but this never crashes the
system. Also, there is absolutely no output on the serial ports when the
crashes happen. I think they're different issues.

> ...of course the best way to solve this would be to fix the bug. I'm
> sure you would make quite a few people happy (including me). It's
> something with the way interrupts are handled. Modern macs don't have a
> serial console, so the problem 'will go away by itself' in some way. ;)

Yes, someone with a little bit of cluefulness should give this a going
over sometime...

Thanks,
John Klos
Sixgirls Computing Labs