Subject: Re: feasible to return from the kernel to OpenFirmware?
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/09/2002 22:19:55
> When you halt a SPARC it returns to the firmware.  However, if you
> try to boot some other kernel, the firmware is intelligent and resets
> itself.

This is not always the case in my experience; I suspect it's true for
only the more recent firmware revs.

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