On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 11:04:35AM +0100, you [Alan Cox] claimed:
> > Absolutely no error messages on the console, you could switch virtual consoles
> > still, and get a login prompt. Whatever you typed would be echoed but you'd
> > never get a password prompt.
>
> It is running kernel space but not user space, typically that means something
> is spinning in kernel space.
>
> > Since there's no OOPS or other error messages spin_lock deadlock messages,
> > I'm not sure what to make of this.
>
> Livelock probably. Does the sparc have an equivalent of the alt-sysrq stuff
> we have on x86 ?
AFAIK stop-a, if that's enabled in kernel config and /proc.
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