Hi All,

Thanks for your help.

It has been determined this blade system is not
compatible with netbsd and it was returned.

http://galis.org/blade-penguincomputing/notes.html

I beleve the central problem is around the HT1000
chip which seems to play a part in USB, Serial,
network and other functions, with a not entirly
standard protocol.

The PR should be closed.

// George


On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 05:49:56PM -0400, George Georgalis wrote:
>On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 10:28:20PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
>>On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 04:18:38PM -0400, George Georgalis wrote:
>>> On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 10:00:35PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
>>> >On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 03:43:11PM -0400, George Georgalis wrote:
>>> >> Is it possible for someone to make me a 3.1_RC1 install ISO with
>>> >> installboot console=com1 and =com2 kernels available? It would
>>> >
>>> >Hum, just thinking about it, does the kernel see com2 ?
>>> >I see that amd64 GENERIC and INSTALL have only com0 and com1.
>>> 
>>> The blade with an issue has only com2 available.
>>
>>So you'll need custom kernels anyway
>
>confirmed, all I got is:
>com0	at isa? port 0x3f8 irq 4	# Standard PC serial ports
>com1	at isa? port 0x2f8 irq 3
>
>in netbsd-3-0 HEAD INSTALL
>http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf/INSTALL?rev=1.27.2.9&content-type=text/plain&only_with_tag=netbsd-3-0
>
>>> On another USB only amd64 with an otherwise working install,
>>> com1 is the available serial port, and it does the same thing...
>>> boots to VGA after checksum to serial.
>>
>>Did you check that the kernel does actually see com1 ?
>
>Well in my 3.1_RC1 amd64 1-u host with a successful install.
>
>NetBSD rock 3.1_RC1 NetBSD 3.1_RC1 (GENERIC) #0: Sun Aug 20 22:47:46 UTC 2006  builds@b1.netbsd.org:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-3-1-RC1/amd64/200608202102Z-obj/home/builds/ab/netbsd-3-1-RC1/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64
>
>http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf/GENERIC?f=u&only_with_tag=netbsd-3-0&logsort=date
>
>I see the same conf,
>
>com0	at isa? port 0x3f8 irq 4	# Standard PC serial ports
>com1	at isa? port 0x2f8 irq 3
>
>and consdev com1, switches to VGA after the kernel checksum there
>too. humm, better check dmesg... woha, I have com0 not com1 on the
>1-u amd64 (dmesg below).  So I try that.
>
>> consdev com0
>
>
>>> NetBSD/amd64 BIOS Boot, Revision 3.2
>>> (riz@b2.netbsd.org, Thu Jul 13 20:05:49 UTC 2006)
>>> Memory: 612/2094976 k
>> boot hd1a:netbsd
>booting hd1a:netbsd
>6405232+670512+375440 [472512+288327]=0x8d5688
>
>and no more on serial, this time no boot messages to VGA either,
>but I do get a getty on VGA at boot completion.
>
>Not sure, so I revisit bios, and find Console Redirection is
>available only to COM1 or SMDC (a service processor to provide
>net access to console, which connects to a sata backplane
>with custom cables).
>
>So, there may be a numbering problem which I hope/suspect is not
>really a problem; I opened the case and found a "COM2" jack which
>will require special cables to try but I would be surprised if this
>sunfire x2100 had a non working serial jack on the back because
>the "standard equipment" service processor intercepted it via the
>backplane.
>
>So (no more amd64s laying around to try), it still looks like
>booting GENERIC/INSTALL kernels to serial on amd64 does not work,
>regardless of the secondary configuration issue, for com2, on the
>blade hardware.
>
>Is there some kernel option not in GENERIC, I can check/try?
>Should I order a cable to try the onboard serial port?
>
>// George
>
>
>NetBSD 3.1_RC1 (GENERIC) #0: Sun Aug 20 22:47:46 UTC 2006
>	builds@b1.netbsd.org:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-3-1-RC1/amd64/200608202102Z-obj/home/builds/ab/netbsd-3-1-RC1/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC
>total memory = 2046 MB
>avail memory = 1952 MB
>mainbus0 (root)
>mainbus0: Intel MP Specification (Version 1.4) (OEM00000 PROD00000000)
>cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
>cpu0: AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 148, 2211.45 MHz
>cpu0: features: e7dbfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR>
>cpu0: features: e7dbfbff<PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MPC,NOX,MMXX,MMX>
>cpu0: features: e7dbfbff<FXSR,SSE,SSE2,LONG,3DNOW2,3DNOW>
>cpu0: I-cache 64 KB 64B/line 2-way, D-cache 64 KB 64B/line 2-way
>cpu0: L2 cache 1 MB 64B/line 16-way
>cpu0: ITLB 32 4 KB entries fully associative, 8 4 MB entries fully associative
>cpu0: DTLB 32 4 KB entries fully associative, 8 4 MB entries fully associative
>cpu0: calibrating local timer
>cpu0: apic clock running at 201 MHz
>cpu0: 16 page colors
>mpbios: bus 0 is type PCI   
>mpbios: bus 1 is type PCI   
>mpbios: bus 2 is type PCI   
>mpbios: bus 3 is type PCI   
>mpbios: bus 4 is type PCI   
>mpbios: bus 5 is type PCI   
>mpbios: bus 6 is type ISA   
>ioapic0 at mainbus0 apid 2 (I/O APIC)
>ioapic0: pa 0xfec00000, version 11, 24 pins
>ioapic0: conflicting map entries for pin 0
>pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
>pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, rd/mult, wr/inv ok
>NVIDIA product 0x005e (miscellaneous memory, revision 0xa3) at pci0 dev 0 function 0 not configured
>pcib0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0
>pcib0: NVIDIA product 0x0050 (rev. 0xa3)
>NVIDIA nForce4 SMBus (SMBus serial bus, revision 0xa2) at pci0 dev 1 function 1 not configured
>ohci0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0: NVIDIA product 0x005a (rev. 0xa2)
>ohci0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 10 (irq 10)
>ohci0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support
>usb0 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0
>uhub0 at usb0
>uhub0: NVIDIA OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
>uhub0: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered
>NVIDIA product 0x005b (USB serial bus, interface 0x20, revision 0xa3) at pci0 dev 2 function 1 not configured
>viaide0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0
>viaide0: NVIDIA nForce4 IDE Controller (rev. 0xf2)
>viaide0: bus-master DMA support present
>viaide0: primary channel configured to compatibility mode
>viaide0: primary channel interrupting at ioapic0 pin 14 (irq 14)
>atabus0 at viaide0 channel 0
>viaide0: secondary channel configured to compatibility mode
>viaide0: secondary channel interrupting at ioapic0 pin 15 (irq 15)
>atabus1 at viaide0 channel 1
>viaide1 at pci0 dev 7 function 0
>viaide1: NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller (rev. 0xf3)
>viaide1: bus-master DMA support present
>viaide1: primary channel wired to native-PCI mode
>viaide1: using ioapic0 pin 11 (irq 11) for native-PCI interrupt
>atabus2 at viaide1 channel 0
>viaide1: secondary channel wired to native-PCI mode
>atabus3 at viaide1 channel 1
>viaide2 at pci0 dev 8 function 0
>viaide2: NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller (rev. 0xf3)
>viaide2: bus-master DMA support present
>viaide2: primary channel wired to native-PCI mode
>viaide2: using ioapic0 pin 10 (irq 10) for native-PCI interrupt
>atabus4 at viaide2 channel 0
>viaide2: secondary channel wired to native-PCI mode
>atabus5 at viaide2 channel 1
>ppb0 at pci0 dev 9 function 0: NVIDIA product 0x005c (rev. 0xa2)
>pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
>pci1: i/o space, memory space enabled
>vga0 at pci1 dev 5 function 0: ATI Technologies Rage XL (rev. 0x27)
>wsdisplay0 at vga0 kbdmux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
>wsmux1: connecting to wsdisplay0
>nfe0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0: ioapic0 pin 3 (irq 3), address 00:e0:81:5c:f2:e9
>makphy0 at nfe0 phy 1: Marvell 88E1111 Gigabit PHY, rev. 2
>makphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-FDX, auto
>ppb1 at pci0 dev 11 function 0: NVIDIA product 0x005d (rev. 0xa3)
>pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
>pci2: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, wr/inv ok
>ppb2 at pci0 dev 12 function 0: NVIDIA product 0x005d (rev. 0xa3)
>pci3 at ppb2 bus 3
>pci3: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, wr/inv ok
>ppb3 at pci0 dev 13 function 0: NVIDIA product 0x005d (rev. 0xa3)
>pci4 at ppb3 bus 4
>pci4: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, wr/inv ok
>bge0 at pci4 dev 0 function 0: Broadcom BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet
>bge0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 5 (irq 5)
>bge0: PCI-Express DMA setting 0x76180000, expected 0x76180000
>bge0: ASIC BCM5751 A1 (0x4101), Ethernet address 00:e0:81:5c:f2:ea
>bge0: setting short Tx thresholds
>brgphy0 at bge0 phy 1: BCM5750 1000BASE-T media interface, rev. 0
>brgphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-FDX, auto
>ppb4 at pci0 dev 14 function 0: NVIDIA product 0x005d (rev. 0xa3)
>pci5 at ppb4 bus 5
>pci5: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, wr/inv ok
>pchb0 at pci0 dev 24 function 0
>pchb0: Advanced Micro Devices AMD64 HyperTransport configuration (rev. 0x00)
>pchb1 at pci0 dev 24 function 1
>pchb1: Advanced Micro Devices AMD64 Address Map configuration (rev. 0x00)
>pchb2 at pci0 dev 24 function 2
>pchb2: Advanced Micro Devices AMD64 DRAM configuration (rev. 0x00)
>pchb3 at pci0 dev 24 function 3
>pchb3: Advanced Micro Devices AMD64 Miscellaneous configuration (rev. 0x00)
>isa0 at pcib0
>com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
>pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
>pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
>pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
>wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
>pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
>midi0 at pcppi0: PC speaker
>sysbeep0 at pcppi0
>ioapic0: enabling
>Kernelized RAIDframe activated
>atapibus0 at atabus0: 2 targets
>cd0 at atapibus0 drive 0: <MATSHITADVD-ROM SR-8178, , PZ16> cdrom removable
>cd0: 32-bit data port
>cd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 4 (Ultra/66)
>cd0(viaide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 4 (Ultra/66) (using DMA)
>uhub1 at uhub0 port 7
>uhub1: Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub, class 9/0, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 2
>uhub1: 3 ports with 2 removable, bus powered
>uhidev0 at uhub1 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0
>uhidev0: Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 3, iclass 3/1
>ukbd0 at uhidev0
>wskbd1 at ukbd0 mux 1
>wskbd1: connecting to wsdisplay0
>uhidev1 at uhub1 port 1 configuration 1 interface 1
>uhidev1: Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 3, iclass 3/0
>uhidev1: 3 report ids
>uhid0 at uhidev1 reportid 1: input=1, output=0, feature=0
>uhid1 at uhidev1 reportid 2: input=1, output=0, feature=0
>uhid2 at uhidev1 reportid 3: input=3, output=0, feature=0
>wd0 at atabus2 drive 0: <ST380013AS>
>wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA48 addressing
>wd0: 76319 MB, 155061 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 156301488 sectors
>wd0: 32-bit data port
>wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 6 (Ultra/133)
>wd0(viaide1:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 6 (Ultra/133) (using DMA)
>wd1 at atabus3 drive 0: <ST380013AS>
>wd1: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA48 addressing
>wd1: 76319 MB, 155061 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 156301488 sectors
>wd1: 32-bit data port
>wd1: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 6 (Ultra/133)
>wd1(viaide1:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 6 (Ultra/133) (using DMA)
>boot device: wd1
>root on wd1a dumps on wd1b
>root file system type: ffs
>wsdisplay0: screen 1 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
>wsdisplay0: screen 2 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
>wsdisplay0: screen 3 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
>wsdisplay0: screen 4 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
>
>
>
>-- 
>George Georgalis, Information Systems Scientist, Metrum Research Group
>2 Tunxis Road, Suite 112, Tariffville, CT 06081; direct: 860.670.4346
>

-- 
George Georgalis, Information Systems Scientist, Metrum Research Group
2 Tunxis Road, Suite 112, Tariffville, CT 06081; direct: 860.670.4346