From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 11 07:53:48 2003 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 A625237B401 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 07:53:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mgr5.xmission.com (mgr5.xmission.com [198.60.22.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC55A43F75 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 07:53:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from mail by mgr5.xmission.com with spam-scanned (Exim 3.35 #1) id 19mE3P-00083S-05 for freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 08:53:47 -0600 Received: from [207.135.128.145] (helo=misty.eyesbeyond.com) by mgr5.xmission.com with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 19mE3K-00080H-05; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 08:53:43 -0600 Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (localhost.eyesbeyond.com [127.0.0.1]) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7BF1gC5083162; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:01:43 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: (from glewis@localhost) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h7BF1fdJ083161; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:01:41 -0600 (MDT) X-Authentication-Warning: misty.eyesbeyond.com: glewis set sender to glewis@eyesbeyond.com using -f Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:01:40 -0600 From: Greg Lewis To: "David O'Brien" Message-ID: <20030811150140.GA83071@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <20030809165159.GA26726@misty.eyesbeyond.com> <20030810002213.GA57014@dragon.nuxi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030810002213.GA57014@dragon.nuxi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-9.2 required=8.0 tests=BAYES_10,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_MUTT,X_AUTH_WARNING version=2.55 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netboot cross-compiled kernel 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: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 14:53:49 -0000 On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 05:22:13PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 10:51:59AM -0600, Greg Lewis wrote: > > I grabbed the 4.8 miniiso and unpacked it in a suitable directory and > > put in an fstab with just a root NFS mount (for now). After setting up > > bootp and tftp the machine does boot, only to have the GENERIC kernel > > panic trying to mount root: > > You'll probably have a much easier time getting started with FreeBSD on > Alpha if you're willing to just do a normal disk install. :-) > > The EB164 is well supported and you should have no problems running > FreeBSD on it. Well, I'd sort of prefer netbooting as I can then switch between 4.x and 5.x to test things fairly easily. I can also switch to {Net,Open}BSD just as easily. All of which are appealing :). Especially given the machine has a single 4G disk. > > Is there something else I need to do when cross building, or does it not > > work in 4.x? I did notice the cross-build compiles code with -mcpu=ev4 > > where the CPU identifies during boot as: > > > > CPU: EV56 (21164A) > > > > Is this a problem? I.e. should I do the build with -mcpu=ev56? > > Not a problem. You'll get better performance with -mcpu=ev56, but all > Alpha's can run ev4 code. Thats what I thought, thanks for confirming it :). > > Its running SRM 4.8, although that seems to be working fine in terms of > > the netbooting getting going and I'm loathe to upgrade unless I need to > > after having bad experience trying to get SRM working on an LX board. > > Getting SRM inititally instaled on a machine with AlphaBIOS only can be a > PITA -- but upgrading your SRM from SRM is quite straight forward and > easy. Fair enough. The previous experience was indeed trying to move from AlphaBIOS to SRM. Thanks for the response. I think I'm going to download and burn the rescue disk then boot from that and try to build a netbootable kernel on the Alpha rather than cross-compiling. If that doesn't work I'll probably obtain another disk and install on that. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org