Subject: Re: Is the kernel designed to return?
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Derek Peschel <dpeschel@eskimo.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 01/12/2002 18:08:09
On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 08:52:18PM -0500, der Mouse wrote:
> > Somone on tech-kern mentioned that the Sparc halts -- but then der
> > Mouse mentioned that not all Sparcs do.
>
> That doesn't sound quite right to me. Every SPARC I've seen drops back
> into OF (or the ROM monitor if it's old enough that it doesn't have
> OF); what I recall saying not all SPARCs did was do a reset if you then
> tell them to boot again.
Sorry, I guess I misunderstood you.
Anyway, the Mac doesn't halt as far as I can tell.
-- Derek