Subject: Re: Problems due to PMAG-C support with PMAGB-BA in 1.4B
To: None <port-pmax@netbsd.org>
From: Toru Nishimura <nisimura@itc.aist-nara.ac.jp>
List: port-pmax
Date: 08/06/1999 18:44:40
>> (and the reboot-on-CTRL-ALT-Backspace braindamage) fixed.
>
> reboot-on-CTRL-ALT-Backspace?!?
Halt interrupt signal is posted to MIPS processor on CTL-ALT-<X
combination. That's the feature of Personal DECstation implemented by
underlaying hardware machinary with ACCESS.bus.
'ULTRIX and UWS Version 4.3 Release Notes' says on page 2-6;
2.5.3 Keyboard and Mouse Behavior with SERIAL.bus
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- Pressing Ctrl/ALt/Del cause the machine to be reset (as if you
pushed a reset button) whenever the machine determines it is hung.
Otherwise, pressing Ctrl/Alt/Del cause a Ctrl/x to be generated. This
is expected behavior.
- Pressing Ctrl/Alt/Ret cause the machine to be immediately halted,
the current PC to be displayed, and a return of control the ROM
console. This is the expected behavior.
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It'd be reasonable for NetBSD/pmax to implement ULTRIX behavior as
precisely as possible, if ever.
Tohru Nishimura