Subject: Re: Why is cpu_reboot arch dependent
To: Chris Tribo <t1345@hopi.dtcc.edu>
From: Wolfgang Rupp <rupp@chello.at>
List: port-vax
Date: 04/24/2001 08:54:26
Chris Tribo wrote:
> 	Could this in fact be a bug? I haven't powered up my VAXstation in
> about 6 months, but I seem to remember several snapshots in which if you
> issued 'shutdown -h now' the system would not do anything, it would just
> keep going as if nothing happened; but if I did 'reboot' it would act like
> a shutdown -h and halt the system.

I ran into it _occasionally_ on both MicroVAX-II and VS3100M38 with 
1.4-current. I never recognised a system behind when they did shut down
and when not. With 1.5, both machines shut down fine.

Wolfgang