From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 23 21:53:43 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 1018) id 4374D1065692; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:53:43 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:53:43 +0000 From: Marius Strobl To: Erich Jenkins Message-ID: <20091123215343.GA86389@hub.freebsd.org> References: <4B09150E.7060006@fuujingroup.com> <20091123200233.GB33571@alchemy.franken.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091123200233.GB33571@alchemy.franken.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SunFire v1280 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:53:43 -0000 On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 09:02:33PM +0100, Marius Strobl wrote: > On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 04:40:14AM -0600, Erich Jenkins wrote: > > All: > > > > I'm running into an interesting problem with a SunFire v1280 mid-range > > server. The system is running (12) UltraSPARC III procs @ 1.2GHz with > > 24GB of RAM and SCSI3 spindles (no RAID). The SC and system boards are > > running the most recent firmware, as you can see in the message below. > > > > After trying several releases (6.3, 6.4, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2), I'm running > > into this message below. I've tried booting from the CD-ROM and from > > tftp/dhcp/nfs with the same results. > > > > > > Sun Fire V1280 > > OpenFirmware version 5.20.13 (06/04/09 02:43) > > Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. > > Use is subject to license terms. > > SmartFirmware, Copyright (C) 1996-2001. All rights reserved. > > 24576 MB memory installed, Serial #55083219. > > Ethernet address 0:3:ba:48:80:d3, Host ID: 834880d3. > > > > > > Rebooting with command: boot cdrom > > TL = 1, TT = 10. ERROR: Illegal Instruction > > TSTATE= 0x1400 [ccr = 0x0, asi = 0x0, pstate = 0x14, cwp = 0x0] > > TPC= 0000000000004004 > > TNPC= 0000000000004008 > > TICK= 8000000845e5cbd8, TICKCMP = 8000000000000000 > > > > debugger entered. > > > > While this particular problem should be easy to solve, v1280 > also require several workarounds for additional quirks and > some new drivers to be written, requiring access to such a > machine in a netboot environment. How much are you interested > into getting FreeBSD to work on these and what would be the > required timeframe? In any case could you please provide a > Open Firmware device tree dump of this machine (`prtconf -pPv` > in Solaris). > FYI, the fuujinnetworks.com mail- and web-servers seem to block traffic from all .de ASes I have access to (traceroutes stop at gw-ether00.fuujinnetworks.com). Marius