From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 27 20:44:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4456216A4CE for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 20:44:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail6.speakeasy.net (mail6.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C953743D55 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 20:44:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 31402 invoked from network); 27 Jul 2004 20:44:11 -0000 Received: from dsl027-160-063.atl1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) encrypted SMTP for ; 27 Jul 2004 20:44:10 -0000 Received: from 10.50.40.208 (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i6RKi1Z2073762; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 16:44:06 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 10:42:07 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 References: <84928.1090829453@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <84928.1090829453@critter.freebsd.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200407271042.07528.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on server.baldwin.cx cc: Poul-Henning Kamp cc: alpha@FreeBSD.org cc: Will Andrews Subject: Re: Announcing snapshots.se.freebsd.org - now with AMD64 snapshots X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 20:44:12 -0000 On Monday 26 July 2004 04:10 am, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <20040725214004.GA63752@freebie.xs4all.nl>, Wilko Bulte writes: > >On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 11:33:37PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >> In message <20040725053409.GY2959@sirius.firepipe.net>, Will Andrews writes: > >> >The site also builds i386 and alpha snapshots every day. > >> >Although I admit I haven't been able to figure out what's wrong > >> >with the alpha snaps (they haven't worked since March)... > >> > >> I tried to get my alpha live so I could test tty patches on it > >> but gave up. 5.2.1-R gave the same error as a snapshot from > >> .jp and it looks to me like the machine doesn't even want to > >> recognize the CD as bootable. > > > >There is some outstanding issue with the loader on alpha (toolchain > >related as I understand it) but that should not keep it from getting > >to the 1st stage boot. > > Actually I remembered wrong. > > The jp snapshot gave this: > block 0 of dka100.1.0.2000.0 is not a valid boot block There was an issue where cross-built bsdlabel's wouldn't write out the SRM checksum and boot info that I fixed a while ago. It maybe that the jp machines need to update to a newer world. > Whereas 5.2.1 gave this: > > cia0: extended capabilities: 21 > pcib0: <2117x PCI host bus adapter> on cia0 > pci0: on pcib0 > eisab0: at device 7.0 on pci0 > > halted CPU 0 > > halt code = 7 > machine check while in PAL mode > PC = 18100 This may mean that the eisa probe needs to be less destructive. Perhaps using a kernel w/o the eisa device would work better. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org