Subject: Re: SIR Reset
To: Eduardo Horvath <eeh@NetBSD.org>
From: brad dreisbach <bradd@ameri.ca>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 08/24/2006 13:23:28
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 04:12:41PM +0000, Eduardo Horvath wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Aug 2006, brad dreisbach wrote:
> 
> > I keep getting SIR resets on one of my netra boxes.  I have not really been
> > able to find any useful information on the internet thus far.  anyone
> > have any ideas what could/would cause this to happen?  I did see a post from 
> > eduardo but, im not able to type anything after the SIR reset to collect the 
> > data he speaks of.
> 
> SIR instructions are sprinkled throughout locore.s in locations where the 
> kernel gets so stuffed up it can't recover.  You need to find out which 
> one you're hitting.
> 
> What sort of machine is it and what are you using for the console?  There 
> are issues sharing USB devices between firmware and the OS.  Depending on 
> the platform, the info you need might be accessible through the system 
> controller.

thanks.  i have been talking to someone offlist about this problem and think
ive got it under control.  thanks,

-b

> 
> Eduardo