Booting problem for FreeBSD SPARC64

[Marius Strobl]

On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 09:18:20PM +0530, Desai, Kashyap wrote:
> Hi,   
> 
> I am using below machine and seeing some basic installation problem with FreeBSD 8.2 and 9.0  ( I have not tried other releases)
> 
> Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server, using Domain console
> Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
> Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Fujitsu Limited. All rights reserved.
> OpenBoot 4.24.10, 4096 MB memory installed, Serial #10031494.
> Ethernet address 0:b:5d:e2:11:86, Host ID: 80991186.
> 
> 
> Here is error message. 
> 
> Rebooting with command: boot cdrom
> Boot device: /pci at 0,600000/pci at 0/pci at 0/scsi at 0/disk at 4,0:f  File and args:
> 
> >> FreeBSD/sparc64 boot block
>    Boot path:   /pci at 0,600000/pci at 0/pci at 0/scsi at 0/disk at 4,0:f
>    Boot loader: /boot/loader
> Consoles: Open Firmware console
> 
> Booting with sun4u support.
> panic: tlb_init_sun4u: no node for bootcpu?!?!
> --> Press a key on the console to reboot <--
> 
> Is there any work around/solution for this issue ?
> 

Yes, implement support for the Mx000 class of machines :) So far
I couldn't do that due to lack of such hardware.

Marius