Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:15:23 +0100 From: Andreas Tobler <andreast-list@fgznet.ch> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: powerpc64 status and request for testers Message-ID: <4B7AFCDB.2070002@fgznet.ch> In-Reply-To: <4B7970D7.4010702@freebsd.org>
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Hi Nathan,
On 15.02.10 17:05, Nathan Whitehorn wrote:
> I have been working on a full 64-bit PowerPC port of FreeBSD which is
> now mature enough that wider exposure and testing would be appreciated.
> It boots multiuser and most ports seem to just work, etc. Note that this
> is still very raw, however; building it remains tricky, and it may have
> fatal bugs resulting in data loss.
>
> Caveats:
> - Memory above 2 GB is not really supported yet, due to lack of IOMMU
> support or bounce buffers.
Is more memory ignored or does it hurt operation?
> Then set up a DHCP server for netbooting, turn on tftpd, and issue a
> command like boot enet:0,loader.ppc64 from open firmware on the target
> machine. If you give this code a try, please let me know the results.
I have my issues here, though I do not know if ppc related or DHCP/TFTP.
The target is a Dual 1.8Ghz G5, 2.5GB Memory.
The build host is an i386 which eports the installation on
/exports/netboot/ppc64
The tftpboot directory contains the loader.ppc64
The dhcpd.conf looks like this:
host bohrium {
hardware ethernet 00:0a:95:bf:0f:de;
fixed-address bohrium.andreas.nets;
next-server 192.168.225.35;
filename "loader.ppc64";
option root-path "192.168.225.35:/export/netboot/ppc64";
}
I can issue the of boot command and I see that I can download the
loader.ppc64. It 'starts' with my build machines name etc.
But then I get repeated messages like below:
xmt1 timeout , STAT=00002086, Txlist.status=efbeadde:efbeadde
a lot of lines after it says 'bootp: no reply'
and 'panic: arp: no response for 0.0.0.0'
I had to manually type that down....
Any idea? Is my tftp/dhcp crap? Or is my G5 not ready yet ;)
TIA,
Andreas
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