Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:40:03 GMT From: linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon) To: freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: sparc64/108757: [rtc] can't boot if rtc stuffed, no means of recovery Message-ID: <200712311540.lBVFe3xK090469@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR sparc64/108757; it has been noted by GNATS. From: linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon) To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: sparc64/108757: [rtc] can't boot if rtc stuffed, no means of recovery Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:36:52 -0600 ----- Forwarded message from Andrew Grillet <andrew@grillet.co.uk> ----- The description was wrong: however there was a problem more serious than I reported: A perfectly good RTC was incorrectly producing an error message reporting it as faulty to the extent that FreeBSD failed to install. I believe from circumstantial evidence (that may be entirely wrong) that this was a side effect of a "64-bit integer" related issue where 32 bits a written and 64 read. I believe the correct thing would be to label it as unreproduceable.
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