From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 19 19:07:51 2011 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 9FD251065670 for ; Thu, 19 May 2011 19:07:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@acm.org) Received: from mail34.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail34.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.133.218]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33D278FC0A for ; Thu, 19 May 2011 19:07:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-116-103.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.116.103]) by mail34.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p4JJ7fpq008335 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 20 May 2011 05:07:42 +1000 X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p4JJ7fZo075221; Fri, 20 May 2011 05:07:41 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p4JJ7dKa075220; Fri, 20 May 2011 05:07:39 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 05:07:38 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110519190738.GA75174@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20110517010554.GA75440@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110517010554.GA75440@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: Marius Strobl Subject: Re: "panic: cpu_initclocks: could not determine STICK frequency" booting V890 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: Thu, 19 May 2011 19:07:51 -0000 --X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [Moving back on-list] On 2011-May-17 11:05:55 +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: >I've found an unused V890 (64GB RAM, 8 dual-core 1.35GHz US-IV CPUs, >12 146GB FC disks) and thought I'd try FreeBSD on it (especially since >I had a copy of FreeBSD-8.2-RC2 lying around on CD). My initial try >failed with "panic: kmem_suballoc: bad status return of 3" but >limiting the RAM to 4GB with hw.physmem worked around that. >Unfortunately, it then panic's as above. > >Looking at the sources, the only recent change in that area of >sparc64/sparc64/tick.c is related to Serengeti-class machines (which >the V890 isn't). Thanks to Marius for having a look through an OFW dump of "my" V890. Turns out that, as with the Serengeti-class machines, the stick-frequency property is also on the nexus device and booting a recent 8.2 snapshot works. --=20 Peter Jeremy --X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk3VanoACgkQ/opHv/APuIcJYACfacuVRHohE2iVTTWFzLN0Gp7o +3EAoMFBSzP64lFL/ou2Kz2UQuwnaMQ+ =BsIH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT--