From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 16 20:19:50 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 099401065670 for ; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:19:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from mail.icecube.wisc.edu (trout.icecube.wisc.edu [128.104.255.119]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C321D8FC1C for ; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:19:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.icecube.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46B4C582A6; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:19:49 -0600 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at icecube.wisc.edu Received: from mail.icecube.wisc.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (trout.icecube.wisc.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10030) with ESMTP id ou28fe0YFLuO; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:19:49 -0600 (CST) Received: from wanderer.tachypleus.net (i3-dhcp-172-16-55-200.icecube.wisc.edu [172.16.55.200]) by mail.icecube.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28055582A5; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:19:49 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <4B7AFDE4.4020606@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:19:48 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andreas Tobler References: <4B7970D7.4010702@freebsd.org> <4B7AFCDB.2070002@fgznet.ch> In-Reply-To: <4B7AFCDB.2070002@fgznet.ch> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML Subject: Re: powerpc64 status and request for testers X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:19:50 -0000 Andreas Tobler wrote: > 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 ;) I'm not sure what the problem is. My dhcpd.conf looks like this: host imac { hardware ethernet 0:d:93:48:c2:86; filename "loader.ppc64"; option root-path "/usr/netboot/powerpc64"; next-server 10.0.1.37; } Also, options SMP isn't in GENERIC, so you may want to add that for full support of your machine. -Nathan