Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:59:51 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7-CURRENT-SNAP009-i386-bootonly.iso on Shuttle XPC w/ AMD X2 (was Re: Side note on Shuttle XPC) Message-ID: <437E6AF7.1040402@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <200511182254.jAIMsdDT013394@apollo.backplane.com> References: <20051117010651.97608.qmail@web50303.mail.yahoo.com> <437D6F30.3060903@tasam.com> <200511181923.jAIJNHwW012453@apollo.backplane.com> <200511181434.38829.jhb@freebsd.org> <200511182254.jAIMsdDT013394@apollo.backplane.com>
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Matthew Dillon wrote: > :... > :> Is there an SMP i386 ISO I can try? Maybe one with standard unix > :> commands on it so I can play around? > : > :Try the Fixit CD option. The disc1 ISO is a Fixit CD now. You have to > :download disc1.iso though rather than bootonly.iso, bootonly.iso just has the > :sysinstall bits and nothing else. disc1 has the distributions themselves as > :well as the full Fixit layout. > : > :-- > :John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ > :"Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org > > Ok, 7-CURRENT-SNAP009-i386-disc1.iso downloaded, installed... that > works a lot better though the emergency holographic shell on ttyv4 is > completely useless. Instead of making people to go into 'fixit' mode > with an option, just throw the binaries onto the CD natively like we > do so a shell just works without having to do any special setup. It's > also a lot more convenient to have a complete system sitting there for > recovery or comparison purposes if you just want to mount the CD rather > then boot from it. The fixit mode of disc1 is a full live filesystem. It's probably a bit confusing and cumbersome because we haven't fully divorced sysinstall from the mfsroot filesystem. I doubt that this will happen before a new installer gets integrated. > > In anycase, this kernel does appear to boot ok SMP, and the devices > work, with the exception of NVE which is kinda half-baked (has the > watchdog issue) previously discussed. It also only negotiates 100BaseTX, > so you need to add GiGE support as well. As mentioned previously, you > can enable GiGE through the MII interface by using the defacto standard > speed extension bit. > > Interrupts appear to be routed properly, so going through ACPI link is > definitely the ticket. If I boot without ACPI interrupts are completely > broken. > > I was incorrect in my previous comment about the bootonly CD not > appearing to boot in SMP. I had forgotten to update the BIOS on this > particular XPC which is why it didn't see the second core on the X2. > That's an important point, by the way... if people have problems with > the XPC make sure they have updated to the latest BIOS. Updating the > BIOS without a floppy drive is trivial, just construct the MSDOS boot > floppy on a windows box, throw in the Shuttle flash programmer and > BIOS update file, and burn a CD with the image. Boot the CD in the > shuttle and you're good. > > -Matt > Matthew Dillon > <dillon@backplane.com> So the amd64 snapshot didn't boot but the i386 one did? Interesting. Thanks a lot for investigating this. Scott
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