Subject: Re: Is the kernel designed to return?
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Derek Peschel <dpeschel@eskimo.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 01/13/2002 13:05:36
On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 10:25:41AM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> 
> Here I'm slightly confused.  A G4 Ti both returns to the prompt (halt) 
> and powers down (halt -p) when so told.  Sounds like some Mac's are 
> having trouble.

Can you actually type at the prompt after returning to it?
Are you running 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, -current, or what?

-- Derek