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>  > > DEFAULT CATCH!, code=900 at   %SRR0: 0000a840   %SRR1: 00083000 
  ...
> From the SRM console on alpha, you
> could at least get the PC at the time of the fault.  Is this possible
> with openfirmware?

  When an exception occurs, the PC is copied into SRR0 and the MSR
into SRR1. The value of the PC doesn't seem to make much sense
on this occasion, although I have used it in the past when tracking
down loader bugs.

later,

Peter.