On Thu, 2007-03-08 10:43:51 -0500, Jay Estabrook <Jay.Estabrook@hp.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 01:47:40PM -0600, Harmon Seaver wrote:
> > Lately when I shutdown or reboot my etch installation on my multia, it
> > doesn't take me back to the SRM console like it used to. Instead, I get
> > this:
[...]
> > And I have to power down and totally restart the system. I don't
> > recall changing anything in SRM that would do this, although I did
> > remove the monitor and am using only the serial console, but that
> > shouldn't make a difference, I wouldn't think.
>
> Since the kernel changes the PCI bus and controller settings from what
> SRM set, it attempts to save the original settings and restore them
> when gracefully (non-crash) shutting down. If it doesn't get it right,
> ie doesn't restore everything necessary, this problem could happen.
IIRC, 2.4.x did do that, but the code was removed in the early 2.6.x
timeframe. I didn't check, but was it added again?
MfG, JGB
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