From owner-freebsd-sparc Tue Dec 29 08:04:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA13750 for freebsd-sparc-outgoing; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 08:04:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bright.fx.genx.net (bright.fx.genx.net [206.64.4.154]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA13720 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 08:04:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bright@hotjobs.com) Received: from localhost (bright@localhost) by bright.fx.genx.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA23069 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 11:08:30 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bright@hotjobs.com) X-Authentication-Warning: bright.fx.genx.net: bright owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 11:08:30 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein X-Sender: bright@bright.fx.genx.net To: sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: check it out! (netbsd stuff) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org i'm going to be uploading to Kevin's box janus, check my next email for information on getting the netbsd-i386 to sparc64 compiler. unfortunatly because i have a u/170e (note the 'e') which i payed extra for, there is very little support at this time for my box and i think that's why it's not even getting close to booting :( but anyhow, here's something uplifting: /tftpboot # cu -s 9600 -l /dev/cuaa1 Connected. Sun Ultra 1 UPA/SBus (UltraSPARC 167MHz), No Keyboard OpenBoot 3.11, 256 MB memory installed, Serial #7955189. Ethernet address 8:0:20:79:62:f5, Host ID: 807962f5. Rebooting with command: boot net Boot device: /sbus/SUNW,hme@e,8c00000 File and args: Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet 11600 >> NetBSD/sparc64 OpenFirmware Boot, Revision >> (perlsta@brazzen, Mon Dec 28 20:00:59 PST 1998) open /sbus@1f,0/SUNW,hme@e,8c00000/netbsd: Inappropriate file type or format Boot: /sbus/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@0,0/netbsd You said /sbus/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@0,0/netbsd parseargs says you said /sbus/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@0,0/netbsd devopen: getdisklabel sez no disk label loadfile: reading header elf0_exec: Booting /sbus/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@0,0/netbsd reading 1 program headers reading phdr 0 at 40 lseek sez: 40 reading phdr worked, type 1 flags 7 1548592@0xf8000000+373744@0xf817a130 symbols @ 0xfff46280 0+0+0 start=0xf8000000 chain: calling OF_chain(0, 0, 0, 0, 0) OF_chain: prom returned! [ preserving 209336 bytes of netbsd ELF symbol table ] Failed to map msgbuf consinit() setting up stdin stdin instance = fffe5ff8 stdin package = f005a418 setting up stdout stdout instance = fffe63c0 stdout package = f005a418 console is ttya panic: findzs: zs0 not mapped by PROM kdb breakpoint at 0xf810b110 Stopped in at Debugger+0x4: nop db> doh! time to write some drivers.... anyone have any pointers to getting info on sparc hardware? i'm going to look around myself, but specifically i'm looking for information on: the serial chips used in this box. my scsi controller: 'fas' my network controller: 'hme' thanks all, especially to Kapil, John Birell and Peter Wemm. i'm going to see what i can download from ultraP to take a look at their drivers. Alfred Perlstein - Programmer, HotJobs Inc. - www.hotjobs.com -- There are operating systems, and then there's FreeBSD. -- http://www.freebsd.org/ 3.0-current To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message