PROBLEM: hangs early when ssh'ing in

[Andreas Loong <reflect@phreaker.net>]

SPARC SPURIOUS HANG

[1.] SPARC Watchdog reset

[2.] at various times when I SSH into the system, I get a watchdog reset and
the machine drops down to the prom. This seems to happen most often when
the machine just has booted. since it dies immediately, I have no output
from the console. Once the machine has been up for a while, this doesn't
seem to happen at all.

[3.] SSH watchdog reset  

[4.] Linux version 2.4.19 (root@calamari) (gcc version 2.95.4 20011002
(Debian prerelease)) #5 SMP Wed Sep 25 14:16:58 CEST 2002

[7.1.] Gnu C                  2.95.4
Gnu make               3.79.1
util-linux             2.11n
mount                  2.11n
modutils               2.4.15
e2fsprogs              1.27
Linux C Library        2.2.5
Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.2.5
Procps                 2.0.7
Net-tools              1.60
Console-tools          0.2.3
Sh-utils               2.0.11
Modules Loaded         openprom slip slhc sg autofs

[7.2.] 
cpu             : ROSS HyperSparc RT625 or RT626
fpu             : ROSS HyperSparc combined IU/FPU
promlib         : Version 3 Revision 2
prom            : 2.25
type            : sun4m
ncpus probed    : 4
ncpus active    : 4
Cpu0Bogo        : 99.73
Cpu1Bogo        : 99.94
Cpu2Bogo        : 99.94
Cpu3Bogo        : 99.94
MMU type        : ROSS HyperSparc
contexts        : 4096
nocache total   : 1048576
nocache used    : 398336
CPU0            : online
CPU1            : online
CPU2            : online
CPU3            : online

[7.3.] Module information (from /proc/modules):
slip                   11764   0 (unused)
slhc                    4752   0 [slip]
sg                     30780   0
autofs                 10772   0 (unused)

[7.4.] Loaded driver and hardware information (/proc/ioports, /proc/iomem)
nothing at all

[7.5.] PCI information ('lspci -vvv' as root)
is there an equivalent command for sparc?

[7.6.] SCSI information (from /proc/scsi/scsi)
Attached devices: 
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
  Vendor: SEAGATE  Model: ST34371W SUN4.2G Rev: 7462
  Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00
  Vendor: SEAGATE  Model: ST39173W SUN9.0G Rev: 2815
  Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00
  Vendor: YAMAHA   Model: CRW3200S         Rev: 1.0d
  Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
  Vendor: TOSHIBA  Model: XM-4101TASUNSLCD Rev: 1084
  Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02

[X.] Other notes, patches, fixes, workarounds:
Seems to only happen just after it has booted. I'm rather new to linux and
more heavy on the solaris side, but I would like to help solving these
issues - only I don't know exactly how. seems like debian woody is shipped
with gcc 2.95.4, not sure if this is relevant or not.

I have some time on my hands and I've notice a couple of weird things that I
will report aswell, as long as someone could guide me through the process.

Wbr
Andreas Loong