On Sun, 3 Mar 1996 00:42:12 -0500 (EST) 
 Allen Briggs <briggs@puma.bevd.blacksburg.va.us> wrote:

 > > Mar  2 13:03:04 myname init: kernel security level changed from 0 to 1
 > > mrg: no trace functionality enabled
 > > panic: kernel jump to zero
 > 
 > This is normal if you're using the serial boot and have not fixed your
 > /etc/ttys to disable the getty on /dev/ttye0 and enable the getty on
 > /dev/tty00.

Umm...Color me crazy, but I'd be inclined to say that the open of 
/dev/ttye0 should return ENXIO (or ENODEV, depending on your taste) 
rather than crash the system :-)

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