Subject: Re: Ultra 5 w/hme + current spews messages
To: None <jarle@uninett.no, port-sparc64@netbsd.org>
From: None <eeh@netbsd.org>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 10/10/2001 15:20:45 
| I now suspect that
| there is some sort of hidden interdependency between the
| console/serial port code and the network (hme) driver.  Any
| ideas?

That's quite possible.  There are no driver for the sab8253x
serial controllers on ultra 5, 10, 30 and 60 machines, so the
console goes through the PROM.  Entering the PROM causes 
interrupts to be suspended.  This could cause problems if they
are suspended too long.

Eduardo