From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 5 11:07:18 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15292106567D for ; Mon, 5 Sep 2011 11:07:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02DCC8FC20 for ; Mon, 5 Sep 2011 11:07:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p85B7HvZ066003 for ; Mon, 5 Sep 2011 11:07:17 GMT (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p85B7Hnc066001 for freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 5 Sep 2011 11:07:17 GMT (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 11:07:17 GMT Message-Id: <201109051107.p85B7Hnc066001@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: gnats set sender to owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org using -f From: FreeBSD bugmaster To: freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Current problem reports assigned to freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org 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, 05 Sep 2011 11:07:18 -0000 Note: to view an individual PR, use: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=(number). The following is a listing of current problems submitted by FreeBSD users. These represent problem reports covering all versions including experimental development code and obsolete releases. S Tracker Resp. Description -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- f sparc/145211 sparc64 [panic] Memory modified after free o sparc/142102 sparc64 [nfs] [panic] FreeBSD 8.0 kernel panics on sparc64 whe o sparc/141918 sparc64 [ehci] ehci_interrupt: unrecoverable error, controller s sparc/139134 sparc64 kernel output corruption f sparc/108732 sparc64 ping(8) reports 14 digit time on sparc64 s sparc/107087 sparc64 [hang] system is hung during boot from CD o sparc/105048 sparc64 [trm] trm(4) panics on sparc64 o sparc/104428 sparc64 [nullfs] nullfs panics on E4500 (but not E420) o sparc/80890 sparc64 [panic] kmem_malloc(73728): kmem_map too small running o sparc/71729 sparc64 printf in kernel thread causes panic on SPARC 10 problems total. 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Thu, 8 Sep 2011 06:55:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jason.leong@nsn.com) Received: from demumfd001.nsn-inter.net (demumfd001.nsn-inter.net [93.183.12.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D85808FC16 for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2011 06:55:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from demuprx016.emea.nsn-intra.net ([10.150.129.55]) by demumfd001.nsn-inter.net (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id p886F6UN029378 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2011 08:15:07 +0200 Received: from demuexc025.nsn-intra.net (demuexc025.nsn-intra.net [10.159.32.12]) by demuprx016.emea.nsn-intra.net (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id p886F1Aa008852 for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2011 08:15:06 +0200 Received: from FIESEXC035.nsn-intra.net ([10.159.0.25]) by demuexc025.nsn-intra.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Thu, 8 Sep 2011 08:15:05 +0200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 09:15:02 +0300 Message-ID: <80409B6843D9324DA0D21B67F41C9DBA04BABEFD@FIESEXC035.nsn-intra.net> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: "short disk read" error during boot on Sparc SunFire v215 Thread-Index: Acxt7qU/CyozASekRM6H07OKChG4+w== From: "Leong, Jason (NSN - MY/Kuala Lumpur)" To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Sep 2011 06:15:05.0338 (UTC) FILETIME=[A6B44DA0:01CC6DEE] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: "Saw, Jason \(NSN - MY/Kuala Lumpur\)" Subject: "short disk read" error during boot on Sparc SunFire v215 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: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 06:55:27 -0000 Hi FreeBSD, I've been trying to get FreeBSD installed into a SunFire v215 server but am stumped with this problem! {1} ok boot cdrom Boot device: /pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/ide@1f/cdrom0,0:f Short disk read The file just loaded does not appear to be executable. I've burned a bunch of CDs thus far, the FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-sparc64-dvd1.iso, FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-sparc64-bootonly.iso, FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-sparc64-disc1.iso, FreeBSD-7.4-RELEASE-sparc64-disc1.iso and none of them was able to boot the system. Even tried the openbsd and netbsd's iso to no avail! Even ended up flipping CD-drives between another working Sparc v215 system. Didn't work too. I've tried playing around with the boot devalias, tweaking the "cdrom0,0:f" to "cdrom6,0:f" and other sequences. Didn't help. Last resort, I "dd" the image into a secondary hard-disk and booted out of that but came out with the same error message!=20 Would you kind folks have an idea and a solution to this problem? Thanks in advance for your help! Warmest regards,=20 Jason Leong Subscriber Data Management, Converged Core Nokia Siemens Networks Web: www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 8 21:42:30 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B4C6106564A for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2011 21:42:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marius@alchemy.franken.de) Received: from alchemy.franken.de (alchemy.franken.de [194.94.249.214]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23CB48FC16 for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2011 21:42:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alchemy.franken.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by alchemy.franken.de (8.14.4/8.14.4/ALCHEMY.FRANKEN.DE) with ESMTP id p88LgSjp083740; Thu, 8 Sep 2011 23:42:28 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marius@alchemy.franken.de) Received: (from marius@localhost) by alchemy.franken.de (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p88LgStl083739; Thu, 8 Sep 2011 23:42:28 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marius) Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 23:42:28 +0200 From: Marius Strobl To: "Leong, Jason (NSN - MY/Kuala Lumpur)" Message-ID: <20110908214228.GA83690@alchemy.franken.de> References: <80409B6843D9324DA0D21B67F41C9DBA04BABEFD@FIESEXC035.nsn-intra.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <80409B6843D9324DA0D21B67F41C9DBA04BABEFD@FIESEXC035.nsn-intra.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: "Saw, Jason \(NSN - MY/Kuala Lumpur\)" , freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "short disk read" error during boot on Sparc SunFire v215 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: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:42:30 -0000 On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 09:15:02AM +0300, Leong, Jason (NSN - MY/Kuala Lumpur) wrote: > Hi FreeBSD, > > I've been trying to get FreeBSD installed into a SunFire v215 server but > am stumped with this problem! > > {1} ok boot cdrom > Boot device: /pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/ide@1f/cdrom0,0:f > > Short disk read > The file just loaded does not appear to be executable. > > I've burned a bunch of CDs thus far, the > FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-sparc64-dvd1.iso, > FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-sparc64-bootonly.iso, > FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-sparc64-disc1.iso, > FreeBSD-7.4-RELEASE-sparc64-disc1.iso and none of them was able to boot > the system. > Even tried the openbsd and netbsd's iso to no avail! > > Even ended up flipping CD-drives between another working Sparc v215 > system. Didn't work too. > > I've tried playing around with the boot devalias, tweaking the > "cdrom0,0:f" to "cdrom6,0:f" and other sequences. Didn't help. > > Last resort, I "dd" the image into a secondary hard-disk and booted out > of that but came out with the same error message! I'm not sure whether booting a ISO9660 image from a hard disk is supported by OBP at all. > > Would you kind folks have an idea and a solution to this problem? Thanks > in advance for your help! > Given that the problem even isn't limited to the FreeBSD install media I'd highly suspect a hardware problem. If it isn't the drive it still could be defective cabling or the IDE controller. On thing one has to keep in mind with SPARC hardware is that at least for some models Sun altered the generally IDE drives in some subtle ways so that off-the- shelf drives from the PC world don't work with these. This is at least the case for V210 (I can't remember the exact failure mode though). One thing that might help is updating the OBP to the latest version in case a previous one had some bug regarding booting from CD/DVD. In general an alternative to installing from CD/DVD is to netboot the machine and to install from that environment. Marius From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 9 02:07:28 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20322106564A for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 02:07:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jason.leong@nsn.com) Received: from demumfd002.nsn-inter.net (demumfd002.nsn-inter.net [93.183.12.31]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FBE28FC13 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 02:07:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from demuprx016.emea.nsn-intra.net ([10.150.129.55]) by demumfd002.nsn-inter.net (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id p8927HGQ030969 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 9 Sep 2011 04:07:17 +0200 Received: from demuexc024.nsn-intra.net (demuexc024.nsn-intra.net [10.159.32.11]) by demuprx016.emea.nsn-intra.net (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id p8927BAD003795; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 04:07:17 +0200 Received: from FIESEXC035.nsn-intra.net ([10.159.0.25]) by demuexc024.nsn-intra.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Fri, 9 Sep 2011 04:07:12 +0200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 05:07:08 +0300 Message-ID: <80409B6843D9324DA0D21B67F41C9DBA04BDD1FB@FIESEXC035.nsn-intra.net> In-Reply-To: <20110908214228.GA83690@alchemy.franken.de> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: "short disk read" error during boot on Sparc SunFire v215 Thread-Index: AcxucDdV4vjImWoVRQ26v5KM9N2vBQAIy7TA References: <80409B6843D9324DA0D21B67F41C9DBA04BABEFD@FIESEXC035.nsn-intra.net> <20110908214228.GA83690@alchemy.franken.de> From: "Leong, Jason (NSN - MY/Kuala Lumpur)" To: "ext Marius Strobl" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Sep 2011 02:07:12.0108 (UTC) FILETIME=[2FFB42C0:01CC6E95] Cc: "Saw, Jason \(NSN - MY/Kuala Lumpur\)" , freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: RE: "short disk read" error during boot on Sparc SunFire v215 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: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 02:07:28 -0000 Hi Marius, Agreed, sorry but forgot to mention i did manage to install Debian and Solaris on this box via the cdrom media! Anyway, great news! I was able to boot iso9660 via sdb1, tweaking the boot device at OBP allowed me to kickoff the installation... {1} ok boot disk1:f Boot device /pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/pci@8/scsi@1/disk@1,0:f File and args: >> FreeBSD.sparc64 boot block Boot path: /pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/pci@8/scsi@1/disk@1,0:f Boot loader: /boot/loader Consoles: Open firmware console ... One problem after another, i found out it starts re-cycling after the booloader kick in, problems with framebuffer or maybe an unsupported graphics card! This i manage to find online to redirect input and output to LOM's remote keyboard and screen from obp! Now I'm able to view sysinstall via my network management port! First time for me :) Well, keeping my fingers cross as I've yet to successfully install FreeBSD yet! Thanks again Marius, i agree that a netboot would solve all my problems and maybe it's something I'd play with as a next project! :) Warmest regards,=20 Jason Leong Subscriber Data Management, Converged Core Nokia Siemens Networks Web: www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com=20 -----Original Message----- From: ext Marius Strobl [mailto:marius@alchemy.franken.de]=20 Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 5:42 AM To: Leong, Jason (NSN - MY/Kuala Lumpur) Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org; Saw, Jason (NSN - MY/Kuala Lumpur) Subject: Re: "short disk read" error during boot on Sparc SunFire v215 On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 09:15:02AM +0300, Leong, Jason (NSN - MY/Kuala Lumpur) wrote: > Hi FreeBSD, >=20 > I've been trying to get FreeBSD installed into a SunFire v215 server but > am stumped with this problem! >=20 > {1} ok boot cdrom > Boot device: /pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/ide@1f/cdrom0,0:f >=20 > Short disk read > The file just loaded does not appear to be executable. >=20 > I've burned a bunch of CDs thus far, the > FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-sparc64-dvd1.iso, > FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-sparc64-bootonly.iso, > FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-sparc64-disc1.iso, > FreeBSD-7.4-RELEASE-sparc64-disc1.iso and none of them was able to boot > the system. > Even tried the openbsd and netbsd's iso to no avail! >=20 > Even ended up flipping CD-drives between another working Sparc v215 > system. Didn't work too. >=20 > I've tried playing around with the boot devalias, tweaking the > "cdrom0,0:f" to "cdrom6,0:f" and other sequences. Didn't help. >=20 > Last resort, I "dd" the image into a secondary hard-disk and booted out > of that but came out with the same error message!=20 I'm not sure whether booting a ISO9660 image from a hard disk is supported by OBP at all. >=20 > Would you kind folks have an idea and a solution to this problem? Thanks > in advance for your help! >=20 Given that the problem even isn't limited to the FreeBSD install media I'd highly suspect a hardware problem. If it isn't the drive it still could be defective cabling or the IDE controller. On thing one has to keep in mind with SPARC hardware is that at least for some models Sun altered the generally IDE drives in some subtle ways so that off-the- shelf drives from the PC world don't work with these. This is at least the case for V210 (I can't remember the exact failure mode though). One thing that might help is updating the OBP to the latest version in case a previous one had some bug regarding booting from CD/DVD. In general an alternative to installing from CD/DVD is to netboot the machine and to install from that environment. Marius