On Thu, 2007-03-08 10:43:51 -0500, Jay Estabrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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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