From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 19 10:33:49 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE8E516A41F for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2005 10:33:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ardelean@ww.uni-erlangen.de) Received: from servww6.ww.uni-erlangen.de (servww6.ww.uni-erlangen.de [131.188.238.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F99443D45 for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2005 10:33:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ardelean@ww.uni-erlangen.de) Received: from localhost (ardelean@localhost) by servww6.ww.uni-erlangen.de (8.11.6/8.11.6/SuSE Linux 0.5) with ESMTP id j9JAXjD10938; Wed, 19 Oct 2005 12:33:45 +0200 Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 12:33:45 +0200 (CEST) From: Gheorghe Ardelean To: Marius Strobl In-Reply-To: <20051019120151.Q32605@newtrinity.zeist.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0-BETA5 and Ultra 1 !? 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: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 10:33:49 -0000 On Wed, 19 Oct 2005, Marius Strobl wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 03:55:56AM +0200, Gheorghe Ardelean wrote: > > > > > > Hi Marius, > > > > Thank you for your tip. It works now! > > Booting a new loader with "make LOADER_GZIP_SUPPORT=no" solved the > > problem. I can definitely boot from the onboard SCSI disc. > > > > What we need to make this work also with installation ISO? > > There's no simple way to modifiy an existing install ISO so it > will boot on an U1 and install a loader that is able to boot > from a disk attached to the on-board controller. It's proably > easier to build a custom install ISO with gzipfs disabled or > a patch with a proper workaround in the first place. > If you meant what it would take to get either of it into > the 6.0-R ISOs it's most likely too late; I don't think that > changes allowing U1 (which are not yet properly supported > anyway due to lack of drivers for the on-board NIC and CG6 > cards) to boot would be accepted this late in the release > cycle. I don't expect to see this in 6.0-R. Now that you provided a solution for this problem it's ok. I am satisfied with this, but I am thinking that in the future it would be nice to provide such an "out of the box" solution with the ISO. > > > > At the time when the "Fast Data Access MMU Miss" error occured I have made > > a ctrace and a ftrace. If this can be useful to somebody I can post the > > output. > > Like I wrote the problem is understood, I just need time to sit > down and think of an acceptable workaround for that firmware > limitation and implement it. Thanks anyway. Ok. Thanks for your help. I am really happy with it because my U1 is now usable with the onboard SCSI + HME SBUS network card. I also have to thank Scott for porting the esp driver. :-) Regards, Johny.