Re: kern/43226: Panic when serial console reboots (?)

[Andrew Doran <ad%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/43226; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Andrew Doran <ad%NetBSD.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
        netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, dmz%pro.wp.pl@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/43226: Panic when serial console reboots (?)
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:15:25 +0000

 This is a bug in Windows.  For a long time it has sent BREAK when
 rebooting.  Has caused much pain for IT infrastructure people
 over the years. :-)
 
 On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 02:35:02PM +0000, Martin Husemann wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR kern/43226; it has been noted by GNATS.
 > 
 > From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Cc: 
 > Subject: Re: kern/43226: Panic when serial console reboots (?)
 > Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:33:19 +0200
 > 
 >  I bet it doesn't panic but just enter ddb due to a break send by the windows
 >  machine. At the db> prompt type
 >  
 >    c
 >  
 >  (short for "continue") and see if you get back to a login: prompt.
 >  You can make ddb ignore breaks and listen to a magic key sequence
 >  instead by setting sysctl hw.cnmagic (man cnmagic and look for cn_set_magic
 >  for a description of the format).
 >  
 >  Martin
 >