Subject: Re: IPC problems.
To: Paul Kranenburg <pk@cs.few.eur.nl>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-sparc
Date: 06/26/1996 15:44:06
On Wed, 26 Jun 1996 21:35:25 +0200 (MET DST)
Paul Kranenburg <pk@cs.few.eur.nl> wrote:
> > if I reboot I get Level 3 Interupt after it says booting from sd(0,0,0)
>
> Well, the experiment with enabling (some) interrupts in the bootstrap code
> doesn't work out very well. I'll remove this from the release and look
> for other ways to get a `L1-A' through later.
But, isn't the L1-A interrpt at a much higher ipl? In the patch I send
Paul to block floppy interrupts, zs interrupts are allowed through, but
nothing below. The zs interrupts at ipl 12, I think. So, if you're
running _very_ recent boot blocks, you should be ok, I would think.
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