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Date:      Sat, 12 Jun 2004 22:41:38 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Serial console - how to reboot?
Message-ID:  <20040613034137.GC94119@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040612142543.H74026@carver.gumbysoft.com>
References:  <40CAD634.8060808@anduin.net> <20040612142543.H74026@carver.gumbysoft.com>

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In the last episode (Jun 12), Doug White said:
> If you built the kernel with 'options BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER', then a
> serial break will drop to ddb. From there you could do 'call boot(0)'
> to attempt and orderly shutdown, or 'reset' to, well, reset :)
> There's also an 'ALT_BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER' option that emulates the sun
> alt-break -- [cr] ~ ^B.

btw - DDB in 5.* has a "reset" command so you don't have to remember
"call boot(0)".  It runs "cpu_reset" to immediately reset the system. 
Calling "boot(0)" has a better chance of doing a clean reboot but if
you're already locked up it may hang as well.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



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