From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Sep 7 11:20: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from smtp3.xs4all.nl (smtp3.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D156B37B403 for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2001 11:20:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp3.xs4all.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA09070; Fri, 7 Sep 2001 20:20:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.4) id f87IJxv00365; Fri, 7 Sep 2001 20:19:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 20:19:59 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: John Polstra Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG, marius@alchemy.franken.de Subject: Re: Solid hangs caused by pcm Message-ID: <20010907201959.A344@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20010907032058.A33679@alchemy.franken.de> <200109070136.f871akT01296@vashon.polstra.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200109070136.f871akT01296@vashon.polstra.com>; from jdp@polstra.com on Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 06:36:46PM -0700 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.4-RC X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 06:36:46PM -0700, John Polstra wrote: > In article <20010907032058.A33679@alchemy.franken.de>, > wrote: > > > screwdriver-in-the-ISA-slot trick. We're talking hit the reset button > > > here. > > > > uhm, a bit off-topic, but how das that trick work ? is it about triggering > > an hardware interrupt? is it documented somewhere ? > > On most (but not all) motherboards, you can generate an NMI by > shorting a certain pair of pins in an ISA connector. If you try this > and fry your motherboard, don't complain to me. The pins to short > together are the two ISA pins (one on each side of the slot) nearest > the back of the case (where the external connectors are). Don't do > this on a PCI slot. Be careful that you short the pins only to each > other, and not to anything else. he he he ;-) ;-) I still remember the face of that software engineer when I grabbed my ballpoint pen and did this for him. Somewhat green his face was.. W/ -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message