From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Jan 7 17:18:47 2003 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 188F237B401 for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 17:18:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from alcanet.com.au (mail2.alcanet.com.au [203.62.196.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EED4A43ED8 for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 17:18:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au) Received: from sydsmtp01.alcatel.com.au (IDENT:root@localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by alcanet.com.au (8.12.4/8.12.4/Alcanet1.3) with ESMTP id h081IQZw012506; Wed, 8 Jan 2003 12:18:27 +1100 Received: from gsmx07.alcatel.com.au ([139.188.20.247]) by sydsmtp01.alcatel.com.au (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.11) with ESMTP id 2003010812182522:99142 ; Wed, 8 Jan 2003 12:18:25 +1100 Received: from gsmx07.alcatel.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gsmx07.alcatel.com.au (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h081IPIs011994; Wed, 8 Jan 2003 12:18:25 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au) Received: (from jeremyp@localhost) by gsmx07.alcatel.com.au (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id h081IOf3011993; Wed, 8 Jan 2003 12:18:24 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au) Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 12:18:24 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: Rob B Cc: Wilko Bulte , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netbooting Alpha Message-ID: <20030108011823.GF1877@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> Mail-Followup-To: Rob B , Wilko Bulte , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG References: <15898.58132.797659.705168@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <5.1.1.6.2.20030107134925.01d00880@127.0.0.1> <20030107134117.GB28476@cicely8.cicely.de> <15898.58132.797659.705168@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <5.1.1.6.2.20030108115357.01d0bb30@127.0.0.1> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5.1.1.6.2.20030108115357.01d0bb30@127.0.0.1> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on SYDSMTP01/AlcatelAustralia(Release 5.0.11 |July 24, 2002) at 08/01/2003 12:18:25 PM, Serialize by Router on SYDSMTP01/AlcatelAustralia(Release 5.0.11 |July 24, 2002) at 08/01/2003 12:18:27 PM, Serialize complete at 08/01/2003 12:18:27 PM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 2003-Jan-08 11:56:31 +1100, Rob B wrote: >At 03:03 8/01/2003, Wilko Bulte sent this up the stick: >>And in some cases you have to make sure you have the right SRM console >>firmware version. For some revs netbooting was broken. > >OK ... this worries me. What is the "right version"? I'm running - from >memory - 3.8 (whatever is the latest publically available) The latest Multia SRM version (3.8.3) is "partially broken". It fits midway between the `old' and `new' boot styles and needs a patch to netboot make it work: The SRM is broken enough to need the MAC address explicitly included in netbbinfo, but call to prom_read() in prom_get() _does_ need to specify the receiving structure size (ie the broken_firmware test is not needed). There's an open PR on this but I don't have the number handy. If you can't recompile netboot yourself, I can send you a binary with instructions for patching it with your MAC address. Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message