7-CURRENT-SNAP009-i386-bootonly.iso on Shuttle XPC w/ AMD X2
(was Re: Side note on Shuttle XPC)
Scott Long
scottl at samsco.org
Fri Nov 18 15:59:59 PST 2005
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 at 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 at 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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