Just out of curiosity why does sparc64 hold more than 1 boot in the dmesg buffer?
This dmesg shows 3.8 - 4.0 --Bryan syncing disks... ether console is /[EMAIL PROTECTED],4000/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],400000:a Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 1995-2005 OpenBSD. All rights reserved. http://www.OpenBSD.org OpenBSD 3.8 (GENERIC) #607: Sat Sep 10 16:03:59 MDT 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc64/compile/GENERIC total memory = 536870912 avail memory = 480116736 using 3276 buffers containing 26836992 bytes of memory bootpath: /[EMAIL PROTECTED],4000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0 mainbus0 (root): Sun Enterprise 220R (UltraSPARC-II 450MHz) cpu0 at mainbus0: SUNW,UltraSPARC-II @ 450.007 MHz, version 0 FPU cpu0: physical 32K instruction (32 b/l), 16K data (32 b/l), 4096K external (64 b/l) psycho0 at mainbus0 addr 0xfffb4000 SUNW,psycho: impl 0, version 4: ign 7c0 bus range 0 to 0; PCI bus 0 STC0 on /mainbus enabled DVMA map: fe000000 to ffffe000 IOTDB: 26a8000 to 26b0000 pci0 at psycho0 ebus0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Sun PCIO Ebus2" rev 0x01 auxio0 at ebus0 addr 726000-726003, 728000-728003, 72a000-72a003, 72c000-72c003, 72f000-72f003 power at ebus0 addr 724000-724003 not configured SUNW,pll at ebus0 addr 504000-504002 not configured uperf0 at ebus0 addr 500000-500007: model SUNW,sc-qp (0/1) ports 9 sab0 at ebus0 addr 400000-40007f ipl 43: rev 3.2 sabtty0 at sab0 port 0: console i/o sabtty1 at sab0 port 1 comkbd0 at ebus0 addr 3083f8-3083ff ipl 41: no keyboard com0 at ebus0 addr 3062f8-3062ff ipl 42: mouse: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo lpt0 at ebus0 addr 3043bc-3043cb, 300398-300399, 700000-70000f ipl 34: polled fdthree at ebus0 addr 3023f0-3023f7, 706000-70600f, 720000-720003 ipl 39 not configured clock1 at ebus0 addr 0-1fff: mk48t59: hostid 80bfbe0c flashprom at ebus0 addr 0-fffff not configured hme0 at pci0 dev 1 function 1 "Sun HME" rev 0x01: address 08:00:20:bf:be:0c qsphy0 at hme0 phy 1: QS6612 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 hme0: using ivec 3021 for interrupt siop0 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 "Symbios Logic 53c875" rev 0x14: ivec 1820, using 4K of on-board RAM scsibus0 at siop0: 16 targets sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST318203LSUN18G, 034A> SCSI2 0/direct fixed sd0: 17274MB, 7508 cyl, 19 head, 248 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 35378533 sec total sd1 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST318203LSUN18G, 034A> SCSI2 0/direct fixed sd1: 17274MB, 7508 cyl, 19 head, 248 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 35378533 sec total cd0 at scsibus0 targ 6 lun 0: <TOSHIBA, XM6201TASUN32XCD, 1103> SCSI2 5/cdrom removable siop1 at pci0 dev 3 function 1 "Symbios Logic 53c875" rev 0x14: ivec 1826, using 4K of on-board RAM scsibus1 at siop1: 16 targets st0 at scsibus1 targ 2 lun 0: <EXABYTE, EXB-89008E030203, V37f> SCSI2 1/sequential removable st0: density code 0x27, 1024-byte blocks, write-enabled psycho1 at mainbus0 addr 0xfffc6000 SUNW,psycho: impl 0, version 4: ign 7c0 bus range 128 to 128; PCI bus 128 STC0 on /mainbus enabled STC1 on /mainbus enabled pci1 at psycho1 timer0 at mainbus0 addr 0xfff9fc00 irq vectors 7ec and 7ed pcons at mainbus0 not configured root on sd0a siop0: target 0 now using tagged 16 bit 20.0 MHz 15 REQ/ACK offset xfers rootdev=0x700 rrootdev=0x1100 rawdev=0x1102 siop0: target 1 now using tagged 16 bit 20.0 MHz 15 REQ/ACK offset xfers syncing disks... 00:20 console is /[EMAIL PROTECTED],4000/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],400000:a Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 1995-2006 OpenBSD. All rights reserved. http://www.OpenBSD.org OpenBSD 3.9 (RAMDISK) #577: Wed Mar 1 02:11:34 MST 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc64/compile/RAMDISK total memory = 536870912 avail memory = 482476032 using 3276 buffers containing 26836992 bytes of memory bootpath: /[EMAIL PROTECTED],4000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0:f mainbus0 (root): Sun Enterprise 220R (UltraSPARC-II 450MHz) cpu0 at mainbus0: SUNW,UltraSPARC-II @ 450.013 MHz, version 0 FPU cpu0: physical 32K instruction (32 b/l), 16K data (32 b/l), 4096K external (64 b/l) psycho0 at mainbus0 addr 0xfffb4000 SUNW,psycho: impl 0, version 4: ign 7c0 bus range 0 to 0; PCI bus 0 STC0 on /mainbus enabled DVMA map: fe000000 to ffffe000 IOTDB: 26a0000 to 26a8000 pci0 at psycho0 ebus0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 vendor 0x108e product 0x1000 rev 0x01 auxio0 at ebus0 addr 726000-726003, 728000-728003, 72a000-72a003, 72c000-72c003, 72f000-72f003 "power" at ebus0 addr 724000-724003 not configured "SUNW,pll" at ebus0 addr 504000-504002 not configured "sc" at ebus0 addr 500000-500007 not configured sab0 at ebus0 addr 400000-40007f ipl 43: rev 3.2 sabtty0 at sab0 port 0: console i/o sabtty1 at sab0 port 1 comkbd0 at ebus0 addr 3083f8-3083ff ipl 41: no keyboard com0 at ebus0 addr 3062f8-3062ff ipl 42: mouse: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo "ecpp" at ebus0 addr 3043bc-3043cb, 300398-300399, 700000-70000f ipl 34 not configured "fdthree" at ebus0 addr 3023f0-3023f7, 706000-70600f, 720000-720003 ipl 39 not configured clock1 at ebus0 addr 0-1fff: mk48t59: hostid 80bfbe0c "flashprom" at ebus0 addr 0-fffff not configured hme0 at pci0 dev 1 function 1 vendor 0x108e product 0x1001 rev 0x01: ivec 3021, address 08:00:20:bf:be:0c qsphy0 at hme0 phy 1: QS6612 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 siop0 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 vendor 0x1000 product 0x000f rev 0x14: ivec 1820, using 4K of on-board RAM scsibus0 at siop0: 16 targets sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST318203LSUN18G, 034A> SCSI2 0/direct fixed sd0: 17274MB, 7508 cyl, 19 head, 248 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 35378533 sec total sd1 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST318203LSUN18G, 034A> SCSI2 0/direct fixed sd1: 17274MB, 7508 cyl, 19 head, 248 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 35378533 sec total cd0 at scsibus0 targ 6 lun 0: <TOSHIBA, XM6201TASUN32XCD, 1103> SCSI2 5/cdrom removable siop1 at pci0 dev 3 function 1 vendor 0x1000 product 0x000f rev 0x14: ivec 1826, using 4K of on-board RAM scsibus1 at siop1: 16 targets scsibus1 targ 2 lun 0: <EXABYTE, EXB-89008E030203, V37f> SCSI2 1/sequential removable not configured psycho1 at mainbus0 addr 0xfffc6000 SUNW,psycho: impl 0, version 4: ign 7c0 bus range 128 to 128; PCI bus 128 STC0 on /mainbus enabled STC1 on /mainbus enabled pci1 at psycho1 timer0 at mainbus0 addr 0xfff9fc00 irq vectors 7ec and 7ed pcons at mainbus0 not configured rd0: fixed, 6144 blocks root on rd0a rootdev=0x500 rrootdev=0x3d00 rawdev=0x3d02 siop0: target 0 now using tagged 16 bit 20.0 MHz 15 REQ/ACK offset xfers siop0: target 1 now using tagged 16 bit 20.0 MHz 15 REQ/ACK offset xfers syncing disks... done console is /[EMAIL PROTECTED],4000/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],400000:a Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 1995-2006 OpenBSD. All rights reserved. http://www.OpenBSD.org OpenBSD 4.0 (RAMDISK) #713: Sun Sep 17 01:37:17 MDT 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc64/compile/RAMDISK total memory = 536870912 avail memory = 482328576 using 3276 buffers containing 26836992 bytes of memory bootpath: /[EMAIL PROTECTED],4000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0:f mainbus0 (root): Sun Enterprise 220R (UltraSPARC-II 450MHz) cpu0 at mainbus0: SUNW,UltraSPARC-II @ 450.007 MHz, version 0 FPU cpu0: physical 32K instruction (32 b/l), 16K data (32 b/l), 4096K external (64 b/l) psycho0 at mainbus0 addr 0xfffb4000: SUNW,psycho, impl 0, version 4, ign 7c0 psycho0: bus range 0-0, PCI bus 0 psycho0: dvma map fe000000-ffffdfff, iotdb 26a0000-26a8000, STC0 enabled pci0 at psycho0 ebus0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Sun PCIO Ebus2" rev 0x01 auxio0 at ebus0 addr 726000-726003, 728000-728003, 72a000-72a003, 72c000-72c003, 72f000-72f003 "power" at ebus0 addr 724000-724003 not configured "SUNW,pll" at ebus0 addr 504000-504002 not configured "sc" at ebus0 addr 500000-500007 not configured sab0 at ebus0 addr 400000-40007f ipl 43: rev 3.2 sabtty0 at sab0 port 0: console i/o sabtty1 at sab0 port 1 comkbd0 at ebus0 addr 3083f8-3083ff ipl 41: no keyboard com0 at ebus0 addr 3062f8-3062ff ipl 42: mouse: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo "ecpp" at ebus0 addr 3043bc-3043cb, 300398-300399, 700000-70000f ipl 34 not configured "fdthree" at ebus0 addr 3023f0-3023f7, 706000-70600f, 720000-720003 ipl 39 not configured clock1 at ebus0 addr 0-1fff: mk48t59 "flashprom" at ebus0 addr 0-fffff not configured hme0 at pci0 dev 1 function 1 "Sun HME" rev 0x01: ivec 0x7e1, address 08:00:20:bf:be:0c qsphy0 at hme0 phy 1: QS6612 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 siop0 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 "Symbios Logic 53c875" rev 0x14: ivec 0x7e0, using 4K of on-board RAM scsibus0 at siop0: 16 targets sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST318203LSUN18G, 034A> SCSI2 0/direct fixed sd0: 17274MB, 7508 cyl, 19 head, 248 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 35378533 sec total sd1 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST318203LSUN18G, 034A> SCSI2 0/direct fixed sd1: 17274MB, 7508 cyl, 19 head, 248 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 35378533 sec total cd0 at scsibus0 targ 6 lun 0: <TOSHIBA, XM6201TASUN32XCD, 1103> SCSI2 5/cdrom removable siop1 at pci0 dev 3 function 1 "Symbios Logic 53c875" rev 0x14: ivec 0x7e6, using 4K of on-board RAM scsibus1 at siop1: 16 targets scsibus1 targ 2 lun 0: <EXABYTE, EXB-89008E030203, V37f> SCSI2 1/sequential removable not configured psycho1 at mainbus0 addr 0xfffc6000: SUNW,psycho, impl 0, version 4, ign 7c0 psycho1: bus range 128-128, PCI bus 128 psycho1: dvma map fe000000-ffffe000, iotdb 26a0000-26a8000, STC0 enabled, STC1 enabled pci1 at psycho1 timer0 at mainbus0 addr 0xfff9fc00 ivec 0x7ec, 0x7ed pcons at mainbus0 not configured rd0: fixed, 6144 blocks root on rd0a rootdev=0x500 rrootdev=0x3d00 rawdev=0x3d02 siop0: target 0 now using tagged 16 bit 20.0 MHz 15 REQ/ACK offset xfers siop0: target 1 now using tagged 16 bit 20.0 MHz 15 REQ/ACK offset xfers address 08:00:20:cd:c5 console is /[EMAIL PROTECTED],4000/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],400000:a Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 1995-2006 OpenBSD. All rights reserved. http://www.OpenBSD.org OpenBSD 4.0 (GENERIC) #953: Sun Sep 17 00:56:22 MDT 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc64/compile/GENERIC total memory = 536870912 avail memory = 479715328 using 3276 buffers containing 26836992 bytes of memory bootpath: /[EMAIL PROTECTED],4000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0 mainbus0 (root): Sun Enterprise 220R (UltraSPARC-II 450MHz) cpu0 at mainbus0: SUNW,UltraSPARC-II @ 450.009 MHz, version 0 FPU cpu0: physical 32K instruction (32 b/l), 16K data (32 b/l), 4096K external (64 b/l) psycho0 at mainbus0 addr 0xfffb4000: SUNW,psycho, impl 0, version 4, ign 7c0 psycho0: bus range 0-0, PCI bus 0 psycho0: dvma map fe000000-ffffdfff, iotdb 26a8000-26b0000, STC0 enabled pci0 at psycho0 ebus0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Sun PCIO Ebus2" rev 0x01 auxio0 at ebus0 addr 726000-726003, 728000-728003, 72a000-72a003, 72c000-72c003, 72f000-72f003 power0 at ebus0 addr 724000-724003 "SUNW,pll" at ebus0 addr 504000-504002 not configured uperf0 at ebus0 addr 500000-500007: model SUNW,sc-qp (0/1) ports 9 sab0 at ebus0 addr 400000-40007f ipl 43: rev 3.2 sabtty0 at sab0 port 0: console i/o sabtty1 at sab0 port 1 comkbd0 at ebus0 addr 3083f8-3083ff ipl 41: no keyboard com0 at ebus0 addr 3062f8-3062ff ipl 42: mouse: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo lpt0 at ebus0 addr 3043bc-3043cb, 300398-300399, 700000-70000f ipl 34: polled "fdthree" at ebus0 addr 3023f0-3023f7, 706000-70600f, 720000-720003 ipl 39 not configured clock1 at ebus0 addr 0-1fff: mk48t59 "flashprom" at ebus0 addr 0-fffff not configured hme0 at pci0 dev 1 function 1 "Sun HME" rev 0x01: ivec 0x7e1, address 08:00:20:bf:be:0c qsphy0 at hme0 phy 1: QS6612 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 siop0 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 "Symbios Logic 53c875" rev 0x14: ivec 0x7e0, using 4K of on-board RAM scsibus0 at siop0: 16 targets sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST318203LSUN18G, 034A> SCSI2 0/direct fixed sd0: 17274MB, 7508 cyl, 19 head, 248 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 35378533 sec total sd1 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST318203LSUN18G, 034A> SCSI2 0/direct fixed sd1: 17274MB, 7508 cyl, 19 head, 248 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 35378533 sec total cd0 at scsibus0 targ 6 lun 0: <TOSHIBA, XM6201TASUN32XCD, 1103> SCSI2 5/cdrom removable siop1 at pci0 dev 3 function 1 "Symbios Logic 53c875" rev 0x14: ivec 0x7e6, using 4K of on-board RAM scsibus1 at siop1: 16 targets st0 at scsibus1 targ 2 lun 0: <EXABYTE, EXB-89008E030203, V37f> SCSI2 1/sequential removable psycho1 at mainbus0 addr 0xfffc6000: SUNW,psycho, impl 0, version 4, ign 7c0 psycho1: bus range 128-128, PCI bus 128 psycho1: dvma map fe000000-ffffe000, iotdb 26a8000-26b0000, STC0 enabled, STC1 enabled pci1 at psycho1 timer0 at mainbus0 addr 0xfff9fc00 ivec 0x7ec, 0x7ed pcons at mainbus0 not configured root on sd0a siop0: target 0 now using tagged 16 bit 20.0 MHz 15 REQ/ACK offset xfers rootdev=0x700 rrootdev=0x1100 rawdev=0x1102 siop0: target 1 now using tagged 16 bit 20.0 MHz 15 REQ/ACK offset xfers arp info overwritten for 64.1.201.156 by 00:04:75:c3:88:e6 on hme0