U60 doesn't boot anymore with -CURRENT

Andreas Tobler andreast-list at fgznet.ch
Sun Jun 13 20:29:06 UTC 2010


On 13.06.10 22:18, Marius Strobl wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 09:26:41PM +0200, Andreas Tobler wrote:
>> On 13.06.10 21:15, Marius Strobl wrote:
>>> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 04:38:52PM +0200, Andreas Tobler wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> my gecko testmachine refuses to boot with -CURRENT.
>>>>
>>>> Here the verbose part of the messages:
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #0 r209123M: Sun Jun 13 14:07:28 CEST 2010
>>>>
>>>>      andreast at u60.andreas.nets:/usr/obj/export/devel/src/sys/GENERIC
>>>>      sparc64
>>>> Preloaded elf kernel "/boot/kernel/kernel" at 0xc0bbc000.
>>>> real memory  = 1610612736 (1536 MB)
>>>> avail memory = 1554571264 (1482 MB)
>>>> machine: SUNW,Ultra-60
>>>> cpu0: Sun Microsystems UltraSparc-II Processor (449.99 MHz CPU)
>>>>    mask=0xa0 maxtl=5 maxwin=7
>>>> initalizing intr_countp
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> And here it hangs.
>>>>
>>>> Any idea on hwat is going wrong?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Nothing obvious as no sparc64 specific changes went in lately.
>>> If you use a kernel built with options ALT_BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER,
>>> can you break into the debugger via the alternate break sequence
>>> on the serial console and get backtrace when it hangs? What is
>>> the last known working revision? Can you bisect which revsion
>>> triggers the problem?
>>
>> I tracked it down to r207537, especially mp_locore.S.
>> If I use r207536 from mp_locore.S then my machine boots again.
>>
>
> Ah, that revision fails to update one branch. Could you please
> give the attached patch a try with current sources?

Well, there is/was no patch attached. I hope it goes in the direction I 
discovered ?

I rebuild the kernel now with my observation. It will take a while. Half 
an hour or so.

Thanks,
Andreas


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