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

[Sean Winn]

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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