Re: FreeBSD on X5000

On Thu, 22 Jul 2021 07:30:14 -0400
al@familysafeinternet.com wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have hired a programmer to help me with getting something working
> on FreeBSD, adding new features, etc. Of course, I want to be working
> with the latest code. However, I can't seem to make it run. I think
> the problem is that the bootloader expects to see a ZFS root
> partition is the reason it won't boot. Could someone at least give me
> a hint?
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Al
> 
> 

I'm not quite sure what you're asking.  I have an X5000 with a UFS
root, it's partitioned MBR with 2 partitions: msdosfs for ubldr, and
the rest is dedicated to a disklabel with a few partitions.  You want
in U-Boot the following variables at least:

loaderdev disk1s2a is mine (first disk, second slice, first partition
in that slice)

bootcmd: sata init; fatload sata 0:1 $loadaddr ubldr; fatload sata 0:1
$fdtaddr $fdtfile; fdt addr $fdtaddr; fdt boardsetup; bootelf $loadaddr
bootargs: vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/ada0s2a (same as loaderdev)

The vfs.root.mountfrom may not be necessary, if ubldr provides it to
the kernel, but I keep it just to be safe.

- Justin