From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 13 18:52:07 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F087716A407 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:52:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (66-23-211-162.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.211.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B34BF43E0E for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:42:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost.corp.yahoo.com (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kADIgC0c014671; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:42:12 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:39:29 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200611131339.30301.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (server.baldwin.cx [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:42:13 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.3/2190/Mon Nov 13 04:31:57 2006 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: Subject: Re: BTX halted trying to boot X4100 from disk X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:52:08 -0000 On Thursday 09 November 2006 13:34, Michiel Boland wrote: > Hi. I was trying to install FreeBSD on a Sun X4100. I managed to > pxeboot it and install 6.2-BETA3 onto one of the hard drives. > > So far, no problems. > But when it finally gets to boot from disk it halts with > > - > int=0000000d err=0000001a efl=00030287 eip=0000290f > eax=1400000a ebx=00000b3c ecx=00000000 edx=0000cf00 > esi=00000d1c edi=00000001 ebp=00000206 esp=00000200 > cs=cf00 ds=9a00 es=9a00 fs=0000 gs=0000 ss=9a00 > cs:eip=cc 68 32 06 ff 34 e8 db-fc 83 c4 04 89 46 fe 5f > 5e c9 c3 55 8b ec 1e 33-c0 8e d8 a0 75 04 3c 00 > ss:esp=1c 0d 02 00 00 00 34 02-32 46 1c 0d 00 00 00 14 > 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00-1c 0d 02 00 00 00 00 00 > BTX halted They have a debug breakpoint (int3 instruction) in their BIOS code. See if you can beat the manufacturer into submission for releasing debug BIOS code. Is this an mpt(4) card by chance? -- John Baldwin