[KJ] typo?

[KJ] typo?

[Nico Golde]

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Hi,
do you think that:
printk(KERN_EMERG "Press L1-A to return to the boot prom\n")
is a typo?
Regards Nico

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Re: [KJ] typo?

[Nico Golde]

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Hi,
* Nico Golde <nico@ngolde.de> [2005-06-28 16:32]:
> do you think that:
> printk(KERN_EMERG "Press L1-A to return to the boot prom\n")
> is a typo?

sorry, forgot: kernel/panic.c:126
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Re: [KJ] typo?

[Matthew Wilcox]

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On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 04:16:25PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote:
> Hi,
> do you think that:
> printk(KERN_EMERG "Press L1-A to return to the boot prom\n")
> is a typo?

On Sparc, no.  What do you think is a typo about it?

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Re: [KJ] typo?

[Nico Golde]

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Hello Matthew,

* Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> [2005-06-28 16:41]:
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 04:16:25PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote:
> > Hi,
> > do you think that:
> > printk(KERN_EMERG "Press L1-A to return to the boot prom\n")
> > is a typo?
> 
> On Sparc, no.  What do you think is a typo about it?

I thought it is because if I understood boot prom correctly
it is something which has to do with networking and booting.
But here a user interaction is meant (because of the press)
and in my opinion this part of the panic code has nothing to
do with networking.
    regards nico
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Re: [KJ] typo?

[Ricardo Nabinger Sanchez]

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Quoting  Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
Sent on  Tue, 28 Jun 2005 15:35:24 +0100

> > printk(KERN_EMERG "Press L1-A to return to the boot prom\n")
> > is a typo?
> 
> On Sparc, no.  What do you think is a typo about it?

I'd expect "prompt" instead of "prom".  what does 'prom' mean in Sparc, for
curiosity?

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Re: [KJ] typo?

[Nish Aravamudan]

On 6/28/05, Ricardo Nabinger Sanchez <rnsanchez@terra.com.br> wrote:
> Quoting  Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
> Sent on  Tue, 28 Jun 2005 15:35:24 +0100
> 
> > > printk(KERN_EMERG "Press L1-A to return to the boot prom\n")
> > > is a typo?
> >
> > On Sparc, no.  What do you think is a typo about it?
> 
> I'd expect "prompt" instead of "prom".  what does 'prom' mean in Sparc, for
> curiosity?

I'm assuming, Programmable Read-Only Memory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROM

Thanks,
Nish

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Re: [KJ] typo?

[Matthew Wilcox]

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On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 04:45:36PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote:
> * Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> [2005-06-28 16:41]:
> > On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 04:16:25PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > do you think that:
> > > printk(KERN_EMERG "Press L1-A to return to the boot prom\n")
> > > is a typo?
> > 
> > On Sparc, no.  What do you think is a typo about it?
> 
> I thought it is because if I understood boot prom correctly
> it is something which has to do with networking and booting.
> But here a user interaction is meant (because of the press)
> and in my opinion this part of the panic code has nothing to
> do with networking.

I think you misunderstand what a boot prom is.  There is no typo here.

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conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse
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Re: [KJ] typo?

[maximilian attems]

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On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Nico Golde wrote:

> Hello Matthew,
> 
> * Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> [2005-06-28 16:41]:
> > On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 04:16:25PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > do you think that:
> > > printk(KERN_EMERG "Press L1-A to return to the boot prom\n")
> > > is a typo?
> > 
> > On Sparc, no.  What do you think is a typo about it?
> 
> I thought it is because if I understood boot prom correctly
> it is something which has to do with networking and booting.
> But here a user interaction is meant (because of the press)
> and in my opinion this part of the panic code has nothing to
> do with networking.
>     regards nico

please use more recent sources.
for people not used to sparc the message got really improved:
                printk(KERN_EMERG "Press Stop-A (L8-A) to return to the boot prom\n");
remember my first time glaring at it. :)

anyway if you aren't exposed to sparc you could ignore code inside of
#ifdef __sparc__

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Re: [KJ] typo?

[Ricardo Nabinger Sanchez]

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Quoting  Nish Aravamudan <nish.aravamudan@gmail.com>
Sent on  Tue, 28 Jun 2005 08:36:25 -0700

> > I'd expect "prompt" instead of "prom".  what does 'prom' mean in Sparc,
> > for curiosity?
> 
> I'm assuming, Programmable Read-Only Memory:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROM

in this case, I'd expect to be "PROM", as it becomes clearer that it's an
acronym.  on my ignorance, I thought it was "boot prompt", due to all-
lowercase writing.

and yes, I never used a Sparc before :)

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Re: [KJ] typo?

[Nico Golde]

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Hi
* Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> [2005-06-28 17:43]:
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 04:45:36PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote:
> > * Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> [2005-06-28 16:41]:
> > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 04:16:25PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > do you think that:
> > > > printk(KERN_EMERG "Press L1-A to return to the boot prom\n")
> > > > is a typo?
> > > 
> > > On Sparc, no.  What do you think is a typo about it?
> > 
> > I thought it is because if I understood boot prom correctly
> > it is something which has to do with networking and booting.
> > But here a user interaction is meant (because of the press)
> > and in my opinion this part of the panic code has nothing to
> > do with networking.
> 
> I think you misunderstand what a boot prom is.  There is no typo here.

Please explain, why it is no typo..
regards nico
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Re: [KJ] typo?

[Nico Golde]

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Hi,
* maximilian attems <janitor@sternwelten.at> [2005-06-28 18:04]:
> On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Nico Golde wrote:
> 
> > * Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> [2005-06-28 16:41]:
> > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 04:16:25PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > do you think that:
> > > > printk(KERN_EMERG "Press L1-A to return to the boot prom\n")
> > > > is a typo?
> > > 
> > > On Sparc, no.  What do you think is a typo about it?
> > 
> > I thought it is because if I understood boot prom correctly
> > it is something which has to do with networking and booting.
> > But here a user interaction is meant (because of the press)
> > and in my opinion this part of the panic code has nothing to
> > do with networking.
> >     regards nico
> 
> please use more recent sources.

i used 2.6.12-git10

> for people not used to sparc the message got really improved:
>                 printk(KERN_EMERG "Press Stop-A (L8-A) to return to the boot prom\n");
> remember my first time glaring at it. :)
> 
> anyway if you aren't exposed to sparc you could ignore code inside of
> #ifdef __sparc__

ok thanks!
regards nico

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Re: [KJ] typo?

[Don Koch]

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* Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> [2005-06-28 17:43]:
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 04:45:36PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote:
> > * Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> [2005-06-28 16:41]:
> > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 04:16:25PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > do you think that:
> > > > printk(KERN_EMERG "Press L1-A to return to the boot prom\n")
> > > > is a typo?
> > > On Sparc, no.  What do you think is a typo about it?
> > I thought it is because if I understood boot prom correctly
> > it is something which has to do with networking and booting.
> I think you misunderstand what a boot prom is.  There is no typo here.

nico@ngolde.de said:
> Please explain, why it is no typo.. 

It means to return to running the program that is in the boot prom,
which, yes, is a programmable ROM.  This is a standard Sun colloquialism.

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