sparc64/82262: Critical Sparc64 Bug Init Binkley Kernel 5.4 Ultra2 Sun4U 400 Ultra SCSI Jump

[James Cornell]

The following reply was made to PR sparc64/82262; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "James Cornell" <penguin at unixdevil.org>
To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: sparc64/82262: Critical Sparc64 Bug Init Binkley Kernel 5.4  
     Ultra2 Sun4U 400 Ultra SCSI Jump
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 14:32:26 -0700 (PDT)

 Someone needs to recompile and repackage freebsd 5.4 sparc64 isos then.
 It's a waste of space otherwise.  I tried playing with OBP environment
 variables, no dice on 5.3.  Since it is hard to get serial cables in this
 area, and I require direct access for most things, I will wait until 5.4
 is fixed.  The drawback of having a type 6 is apparent.  I won't settle
 with buying another keyboard just because this one can't type though, that
 wouldn't make sense.  Looks like a waiting game then.  I'd rather be using
 FreeBSD on there then Solaris for various reasons, including the archaic
 path setting absurdness required to implement a half functional lamp on
 the sparc64 platform with Solaris, and questionable dependency
 requirements for basic system components.  E-mail me directly if a new
 release is put out.  Thanks guys.
 >
 > On 16/06/2005, at 3:50 AM, James Cornell wrote:
 >
 >> The following reply was made to PR sparc64/82262; it has been noted by
 >> GNATS.
 >>
 >> From: "James Cornell" <penguin at unixdevil.org>
 >> To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org,
 >>  penguin at unixdevil.org
 >> Cc:
 >> Subject: Re: sparc64/82262: Critical Sparc64 Bug Init Binkley Kernel
 >> 5.4
 >>      Ultra2 Sun4U 400 Ultra SCSI Jump
 >> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 07:41:48 -0700 (PDT)
 >>
 >>  I had to manually type all of this.
 >>
 >>>> FreeBSD/sparc64 boot block
 >>       Boot path: /sbus at 1f,0/SUNW,fas at e,8800000/sd at 6,0:f
 >>       Boot loader: /boot/loader
 >>  Console: Open Firmware console
 >>  Boot path set to /sbus at 1f,0/SUNW,fas at e,8800000/sd at 6,0:a
 >>
 >>  FreeBSD/sparc64 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.0
 >>  (root at binkley.cse.buffalo.edu, Sun May   8 07:16:15 UTC 2005)
 >>  bootpath="/sbus at 1f,0/SUNW,fas at e,8800000/sd at 6,0:a"
 >>  Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
 >>  /boot/kernel/kernel  data=0x3d8908+0x47c78
 >> syms=[0x8+0x50b80+0x8+0x452601
 >>  /
 >>  Hit [Enter] too boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
 >>  Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]...
 >>  nothing to autoload yet.
 >>  jumping to kernel entry at 0xc004000.
 >>
 >>  Then it freezes.
 >>
 >
 > This matches the results of not finding a console - FreeBSD 5.3 has
 > ofw_console, so will use any device as a console, but FreeBSD 5.4 only
 > has native serial console in the default kernel. To get FreeBSD onto an
 > E250, I had to install FreeBSD 5.3, cvsup to 5.4 and use a custom
 > kernel with "device ofw_console".
 >
 >>  I tried FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE (Sparc64) and it actually boots up.  The
 >>  problem is the keymaps for Type 6 and possibly other Sun keyboards is
 >>  messed up, and changing options at the console layout prompt have no
 >>  effect, the install program comes up in b&w and is unnavigatable.  The
 >>  screen corrupts the view of any menu accessed, which can only be done
 >> with
 >>  strange key combinations.  The partitioner sees the disk though,
 >> despite
 >>  not being able to read through the garble.  The system is running OBP
 >>  3.11.
 >>
 >>
 >>  OBP Banner:
 >>
 >>  Sun Ultra 2 UPA/SBus (2x UltraSparc-II 400MHz), Keyboard Present
 >>  OpenBoot 3.11, 512MB memory installed, Serial #8435438.
 >>  Ethernet address 8:0:20:80:b6:ee, Host ID: 8080b6ee.
 >>
 >>  Additional Information:
 >>  Using a Creator3D Card
 >>  9.1GB Fujitsu Ultra2 SCSI
 >>
 >>  That's about it.
 >>
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