>      -f
>
>          For x86 systems:
>
>          Fast reboot, bypassing firmware and boot loader. The new
>          kernel will be loaded into memory by the running kernel,
>          and control will be transferred to the newly loaded ker-
>          nel.  If   disk  or kernel arguments are specified, they
>          must be specified before other boot arguments.
>   
>          For SPARC systems:
>
>          Speeds up rebooting by skipping some POST tests.
>   
Could you elaborate a bit more on what POST tests are skipped
for fast reboot on SPARC, and what are not?

Thanks,
Robin


>          The service svc:/system/boot-config:default  is  enabled
>          by   default.  It  requires  solaris.system.shutdown  as
>          action_authorization and value_authorization.  When  the
>          config/fastreboot_default   property  is  set  to  true,
>          reboot will behave as reboot -f. The value of this  pro-
>          perty can be changed using svccfg(1M) and svcadm(1M), to
>          control the default reboot behavior.
>
>          See EXAMPLES for details.
>
>   

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