Re: SparcStation IPC: Data Access Exception

[Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola%libero.it@localhost>]

Hi Brian,

Brian Buhrow wrote:
> 	hello.  What firmware revision is running on the IPC?  I seem to
> remember anything older than 2.9 is problematic for newer versions of
> NetBSD where  newer means greater than 3.x or 4.x.  If you don't have
> access to a newer version of the firmware or a way to burn it onto a chip,
> you could try booting a NetBSD 3.x cdrom and see if that works.  If it
> does, try running installboot against your hard disk and putting the 3.x
> boot blocks onto your -current system.  I'm not sure if this is as true for
> Sparc as it is for I386, but I have some systems running 2.x boot blocks
> booting 5.x kernels and later.  (Of course, if 3.x won't boot, try 2.x and
> run with that.  This might get you going.)
I have 2.4 and no, I don't have an PROM burner handy. I could ask a 
friend perhaps, if the dump is available, I still need to find the 
suitable chip, I suppose it is an UV-ROM?

Anyway, the discussion evolved and it appears that it is an issue 
related to opening devices.

I confirm that OpenBSD boots, so it it NetBSD.

I will do some version checks the next days.

Riccardo