Hi Adrian, On Fri, 9 Oct 2020 16:49:32 +0200 John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > It's (in my opinion) pcpu-alloc: > > kernel 4.x/5.x: pcpu-alloc: [0] 0 1 > > kernel 3.x: pcpu-alloc: [0] 0 2 > > Interesting. I have not yet seen this issue on any of our Debian development > machines. What distribution are you running? Is this Gentoo? > > Our of curiosity, could you give it a go with Debian? > > > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/2020-08-19/debian-10.0.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso OK - tested this ISO-image: - boots to bootloader GRUB - I chose two options ("expert install" and "rescue shell") - SUN loads and boots kernel, but I never reach installer nor rescue shell Boot-process stalls middle in nowhere and shows me a blinking cursor forever. Rüdiger
