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Date:      Sun, 10 May 1998 17:43:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tom <tom@uniserve.com>
To:        The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: serial console w/ SCSI hangs...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980510174206.28987A-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980510203952.438I-100000@thelab.hub.org>

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On Sun, 10 May 1998, The Hermit Hacker wrote:

> Is there any way of rebooting using the serial console when a SCSI bus
> hang happens?  On a Sparc system, the serial console is hardware driven,
> not software, so you can break down to the prom and reboot that way...

  I think there is a serial console break feature that can put into the
debugger, from which you can reboot.

  Or, you could just use a remote power cycle device.

> With the SCSI bus hang in mind...what is the ETA on getting the CAM
> drivers finally integrated? :)

  You must mean the ahc SCSI bus hang, as the SCSI _never_ hanges when
using a DPT controller.

> Marc G. Fournier                                
> Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
> primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org 

Tom


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