From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 5 00:11:26 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D67E61065676 for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:11:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirj.bris.ac.uk (dirj.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D0918FC08 for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:11:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.93]) by dirj.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NGiF9-0001BL-F9; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:11:25 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by seis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1NGiF8-0001ku-GG; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:11:23 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nB50BM8n054611; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:11:22 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nB50BMu3054610; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:11:22 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:11:22 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Anton Shterenlikht Message-ID: <20091205001122.GA54581@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20091201154904.GA11679@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091201165752.GA12095@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091201215130.GA64974@alchemy.franken.de> <20091202124137.GA20168@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091202125915.GA20276@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091202192134.GA6562@alchemy.franken.de> <20091203131609.GA86854@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091203141711.GA43641@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091203141711.GA43641@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Spam-Score: -5.0 X-Spam-Level: ----- Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org, Marius Strobl Subject: Re: trouble installing to sun blade 1500 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: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:11:26 -0000 On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 02:17:11PM +0000, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 01:16:09PM +0000, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 08:21:34PM +0100, Marius Strobl wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 12:59:15PM +0000, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > > > On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 12:41:37PM +0000, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 10:51:30PM +0100, Marius Strobl wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I get to OK prompt, type "boot cdrom", but the process > > > > > > > > > stops after a few seconds with: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > jumping to kernel entry at 0xc0088000. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You're using an unsupported framebuffer (see the release notes). > > > > > > > > > > yes, I missed that, thank you > > > > > > > > > > > This unfortunately isn't sufficient information and my Blade 1500 > > > > > > doesn't exhibit this problem. Could you please put the full dmesg > > > > > > output online somewhere (this should be easy to capture when > > > > > > using a serial console)? Can you boot to single user? > > > > > > > > > > a multi-user boot dmesg: > > > > > http://seis.bris.ac.uk/~mexas/dmesg-blade1500-8.0 > > > > > > > > > > a single user boot went ok, but some disk problems: > > > > > http://seis.bris.ac.uk/~mexas/dmesg-blade1500-8.0-single-user > > > > > > > > just to add on that. After fixing disk with fsck, boot into single > > > > user mode is fine, and no further disk problems reported. > > > > But multi-user mode still panics, just as before. > > > > > > > > > > Hrm, the only noticeable difference between your Blade 1500 > > > and mine is that on yours the generic vgapci(4) attaches to > > > the otherwise unsupported framebuffer. I gave such a setup > > > a try but that didn't trigger a panic (this actually wasn't > > > likely to). Could you please build and install a debugging > > > kernel in single user mode (a `mount -a` should re-mount / > > > read-write), i.e. a kernel with the following options: > > > makeoptions DEBUG=-g > > > options KDB > > > options DDB > > > If that kernel panics you should end up in the debugger > > > prompt. Please issue a `bt` there and provide its output. > > > > done: > > > > > > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0a > > Setting hostuuid: . > > Setting hostid: 0xd41d8cd9. > > Entropy harvesting: interrupts ethernet point_to_pointpanic: trap: memory addres > > s not aligned > > cpuid = 0 > > KDB: enter: panic > > [thread pid 50 tid 100062 ] > > Stopped at kdb_enter+0x80: ta %xcc, 1 > > db> > > db> bt > > Tracing pid 50 tid 100062 td 0xfffff80001532380 > > panic() at panic+0x20c > > trap() at trap+0x4d0 > > -- memory address not aligned sfar=0xfddfa187 sfsr=0x40029 %o7=0xc06d6ed8 -- > > stack_capture() at stack_capture+0x114 > > stack_save_td() at stack_save_td+0x60 > > sysctl_kern_proc_kstack() at sysctl_kern_proc_kstack+0x330 > > sysctl_root() at sysctl_root+0x1c4 > > userland_sysctl() at userland_sysctl+0x208 > > __sysctl() at __sysctl+0x70 > > syscall() at syscall+0x2e8 > > -- syscall (202, FreeBSD ELF64, __sysctl) %o7=0x1016b0 -- > > userland() at 0x4046bac8 > > user trace: trap %o7=0x1016b0 > > pc 0x4046bac8, sp 0x7fdffffd001 > > pc 0x101fb8, sp 0x7fdffffd961 > > pc 0x102ba4, sp 0x7fdffffdae1 > > pc 0x100f70, sp 0x7fdffffe451 > > pc 0x40208d94, sp 0x7fdffffe511 > > done > > db> > > > > Is this any help? > > 7.2 seems to be fine: > > http://seis.bris.ac.uk/~mexas/freebsd/ > > I'll try to go from 7.2 up, perhaps straight to current, > will build a debugging kernel and report. > > One question: now that I installed fbsd, I can connect > keyboard, mouse and screen and use it as a desktop, can't I. > The serial line limitation is just for the installation > program isn't it? just to report that 8.0 installs fine on a Silver Blade 1500. See dmesg at: http://seis.bris.ac.uk/~mexas/freebsd/ One thing I did on the silver model was to update the firmware. Will try to reinstall 8.0 on a Red blade 1500 now that I update the firmware there as well. many thanks anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423