From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 25 12:57:39 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7810B16A41F for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:57:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marius@newtrinity.zeist.de) Received: from newtrinity.zeist.de (newtrinity.zeist.de [217.24.217.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AAF243D8A for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:57:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marius@newtrinity.zeist.de) Received: from newtrinity.zeist.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by newtrinity.zeist.de (8.12.11/8.12.11/ZEIST.DE) with ESMTP id j9PCvHLQ002754; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:57:17 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marius@newtrinity.zeist.de) Received: (from marius@localhost) by newtrinity.zeist.de (8.12.11/8.12.10/Submit) id j9PCvCwn002753; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:57:12 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marius) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:57:11 +0200 From: Marius Strobl To: Gheorghe Ardelean Message-ID: <20051025145711.C32605@newtrinity.zeist.de> References: <20051019120151.Q32605@newtrinity.zeist.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from ardelean@ww.uni-erlangen.de on Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 12:33:45PM +0200 X-AntiVirus-modified: yes X-AntiVirus: checked by AntiVir Milter (version: 1.1.1-9; AVE: 6.32.0.8; VDF: 6.32.0.111; host: newtrinity.zeist.de) Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0-BETA5 and Ultra 1 !? 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: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:57:39 -0000 On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 12:33:45PM +0200, Gheorghe Ardelean wrote: > > > On Wed, 19 Oct 2005, Marius Strobl wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 03:55:56AM +0200, Gheorghe Ardelean wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Marius, > > > > > > Thank you for your tip. It works now! > > > Booting a new loader with "make LOADER_GZIP_SUPPORT=no" solved the > > > problem. I can definitely boot from the onboard SCSI disc. > > > > > > What we need to make this work also with installation ISO? > > > > There's no simple way to modifiy an existing install ISO so it > > will boot on an U1 and install a loader that is able to boot > > from a disk attached to the on-board controller. It's proably > > easier to build a custom install ISO with gzipfs disabled or > > a patch with a proper workaround in the first place. > > If you meant what it would take to get either of it into > > the 6.0-R ISOs it's most likely too late; I don't think that > > changes allowing U1 (which are not yet properly supported > > anyway due to lack of drivers for the on-board NIC and CG6 > > cards) to boot would be accepted this late in the release > > cycle. > > I don't expect to see this in 6.0-R. Now that you provided a solution for > this problem it's ok. I am satisfied with this, but I am thinking that in > the future it would be nice to provide such an "out of the box" solution with > the ISO. > I just committed a workaround for this problem. I plan to MFC it in one month so it should be part of 6.1 and onward releases. Marius -- This mail was scanned by AntiVir Milter. This product is licensed for non-commercial use. See www.antivir.de for details.