Re: Panics going multiuser with NetBSD 8, 9, current

[John Klos <john%ziaspace.com@localhost>]

Hi,

I now have some new data...

> CSMk3 and CSPPC have the same product id. So as long as we don't run a PPC
> function test the only way to differentiate them was the serial number,
> which starts with an 'F' for the MK3.
>
> You serial number seems to be empty. Or maybe it is somewhere else, due to a
> Flash ROM update? dev/p5bus.c assumes to find it at 0xf00010.
>
> But this is just a side note. It has definitely nothing to do with your
> problems. Our boards are still treated the same by the kernel.

Indeed. I had flashed the latest 44.71 firmware from http://phase5.a1k.org/


> > FYI - in NetBSD 9 and, I think, current, my A1200 can't write to the CF
> > card that it could write to just fine with NetBSD 8, but I think that's
> > a separate issue.
>
> Probably. But tell us what happens. An error, a panic?

This is a separate issue which may've been fixed recently by Rin:
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2021/10/05/msg132733.html

The A1200 would have errors on any attempt to write. Similar, likely 
related IDE issues exist in mac68k (Quadra 630), hpcsh, hpcarm, et cetera. 
I hope to test this soon.

> I seem to remember that there have been some effort to make the CF port work
> with 16-bit network cards over the last years...

Doesn't it? I remember a Zaurus with a CF wifi card.

> > ...and I get the same panic when booting via NFS...
>
> Wow... this is really strange. Would be nice to have a second CSPPC/Mk3
> A4000 for comparison. I may try to test with mine (which also has a CSPPC)
> but it is defective - the Zorro bus no longer works correctly.

The new data is that I've fixed an A3000 I've had for ages and installed 
the Cyberstorm Mk3 in to it.

I can boot NetBSD just fine! Well, ignoring the complexities of the boot 
process, it's fine.

> > What if this has something to do with a crazy date or something else 
> > stored in the battery backed RAM?
>
> As far as I know NetBSD will always use the last time from the file system,
> after it displayed "WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!".

I connected a battery to the motherboard of the A4000, but no attempts to 
set the date / time in AmigaOS can be saved - "use" is fine, which sets 
the system time for the current boot, but "save" is greyed out, and every 
program I can find says there's no RTC at all.

Since the motherboard was damaged by a leaky battery, this by itself isn't 
surprising, but the fact that this appears to be causing panics is 
surprising.

Even a kernel without a34kbbc0 and a2kbbc0 panics on the A4000.

Next, I'm going to try to repair the RTC...

John