From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 13 20:34:02 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: sparc64@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7784D16A417; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:34:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hrs@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail.allbsd.org (unknown [IPv6:2001:2f0:104:e002::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3013113C442; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:34:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hrs@FreeBSD.org) Received: from delta.allbsd.org (p4054-ipbf904funabasi.chiba.ocn.ne.jp [122.26.39.54]) (authenticated bits=128) by mail.allbsd.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lADKXh6m054405; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:33:54 +0900 (JST) (envelope-from hrs@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (alph.allbsd.org [192.168.0.10]) (authenticated bits=0) by delta.allbsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id lADKQR66047502; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:26:30 +0900 (JST) (envelope-from hrs@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:25:21 +0900 (JST) Message-Id: <20071114.052521.135026097.hrs@allbsd.org> To: royce@alaska.net From: Hiroki Sato In-Reply-To: <47348106.8080001@alaska.net> References: <472DAFBE.9070603@FreeBSD.org> <472E4B8D.2020902@alaska.net> <47348106.8080001@alaska.net> X-PGPkey-fingerprint: BDB3 443F A5DD B3D0 A530 FFD7 4F2C D3D8 2793 CF2D X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 22.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Multipart/Signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="--Security_Multipart(Wed_Nov_14_05_25_21_2007_820)--" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.91.2, clamav-milter version 0.91.2 on gatekeeper.allbsd.org X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (mail.allbsd.org [133.31.130.32]); Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:33:55 +0900 (JST) Cc: kris@FreeBSD.org, sparc64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: hardware and package builds 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, 13 Nov 2007 20:34:02 -0000 ----Security_Multipart(Wed_Nov_14_05_25_21_2007_820)-- Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Royce, sorry for the delay. I was in Ireland last week and the very poor internet connection in the hotel prevented me from replying... Royce Williams wrote in <47348106.8080001@alaska.net>: ro> Royce Williams wrote, on 11/4/2007 1:45 PM: ro> > System: I am willing to buy a 4x U80 for myself and make it available ro> > to the project for package builds. Shipping to Alaska is a bear, so ro> > once the deal goes down, if any other donors could chip in to get it ro> > shipped here, I would appreciate it. I don't want to do this, ro> > however, unless it will actually be useful -- and used. Will it? ro> ro> After talking with Kris and Mark, it appears that the best bang for ro> the buck is to help Hiroki Sato resolve outstanding hardware issues ro> with his e4500s. This will get 10-14 CPUs back online. ro> ro> Hiroki, what hardware or money do you need to get your e4500s back ro> online, in order to improve the speed of package builds for sparc64? Well, let me explain the current situation of my e4500s first. I have three e4500s with 10-14 CPUs online for experiment and package building now, but some of them are often down probably because some hardware failure. However, the problem is that I am not sure what component is broken precisely because most of the questionable symptoms occur even if POST successfully finished. Maybe one of the reasons is we are using FreeBSD; I guess runtime hardware failure reporting is much more specific on Solaris. I have to narrow down the problem and replace the failed components. Anyway, suppose I could identify the failed ones, I would need the replacement. CPU board, modules, and memories are most questionable, so they would likely be needed. Currently all of the boxes use 400MHz w/ 8MB module (PN:X2580A). Also, PCI I/O board (PN:X2632A) would help since we have very few options for Sbus SCSI HBA. -- | Hiroki SATO ----Security_Multipart(Wed_Nov_14_05_25_21_2007_820)-- Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBHOggxTyzT2CeTzy0RAuVKAKCBsn1X5I/7s3IadutxhtKWP+ZE7wCgh/Bk sEfVkIlrbWkLdddtlTgYh1g= =Sscb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----Security_Multipart(Wed_Nov_14_05_25_21_2007_820)----