Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 09:22:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@svzserv.kemerovo.su> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shutdown and alpha Message-ID: <15770.62240.689031.204303@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <3D9A76A2.783C6EF9@svzserv.kemerovo.su> References: <3D9A76A2.783C6EF9@svzserv.kemerovo.su>
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Eugene Grosbein writes: > Hi! > > I noted that my Alpha Station 400 running 4.6-STABLE with serial console > does not print 'The operating system halted' message after it has printed > 'Uptime ...'. Why? > On a PC, a "halt" just spins the processor waiting for input because there is no intellegent console firmware to return to. Therefore, it makes sense let the user know that the system has halted.. On an alpha, the SRM console makes it quite obvious what has happened: syncing disks... 3 done Uptime: 15m58s halted CPU 0 halt code = 5 HALT instruction executed PC = fffffc000059fb48 >>> Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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