Re: port-i386/50405: NetBSD 5x boots and runs, but 6x and 7x both i386 and amd64 fail to boot Chromebook HP14

[Petr Topiarz z Mnichovic <petr%topiarz.cz@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-i386/50405; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Petr Topiarz z Mnichovic <petr%topiarz.cz@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-i386/50405: NetBSD 5x boots and runs, but 6x and 7x both
 i386 and amd64 fail to boot Chromebook HP14
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 22:21:25 +0100

 Hello folks,
 
 PROBLEM RESOLVED: the workaround is to compile the i386 kernel with PAE 
 and without cpuacpi.
 (as suggested by julien kroczek)
 
 I can confirm the comp successfully boots when I compile the i386 kernel 
 PAE and comment out CPUACPI.
 Even if my memory is only 2GB, standard kernel seems to be unable to 
 check it.
 The other proposal, to boot the latest kernel, did not work, both the 
 latest amd64 and i386 from nyftp.netbsd.org failed to load. Amd was not 
 even able to start booting.
 
 Unfortunately the kernel would not recognize the wireless card and it 
 cannot find a driver for my usb/lan adapter mos0 which works flawlessly 
 in Linux, OpenBSD and FreeBSD. So the comp is pretty useless if I boot 
 NetBSD and cannot access network... :-(
 
 Any tips for a good usb/lan adaptor for NetBSD?
 Thanks
 Petr
 
 
 
 
 On 5.11.2015 13:40, petr%topiarz.cz@localhost wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR port-i386/50405; it has been noted by GNATS.
 >
 > From: petr%topiarz.cz@localhost
 > To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
 > Cc:
 > Subject: Re: port-i386/50405: NetBSD 5x boots and runs, but 6x and 7x both
 >   i386 and amd64 fail to boot Chromebook HP14
 > Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2015 13:35:35 +0100
 >
 >   Dne 2015-11-04 16:50, christos%zoulas.com@localhost napsal:
 >   > The following reply was made to PR port-i386/50405; it has been noted
 >   > by GNATS.
 >   >
 >   > From: christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
 >   > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, port-i386-maintainer%netbsd.org@localhost,
 >   > 	gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, petr%topiarz.cz@localhost
 >   > Cc:
 >   > Subject: Re: port-i386/50405: NetBSD 5x boots and runs, but 6x and 7x
 >   > both i386 and amd64 fail to boot Chromebook HP14
 >   > Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 10:45:44 -0500
 >   >
 >   >  On Nov 4,  3:20pm, petr%topiarz.cz@localhost (Petr Topiarz z Mnichovic) wrote:
 >   >  -- Subject: Re: port-i386/50405: NetBSD 5x boots and runs, but 6x and
 >   > 7x both
 >   >
 >   >  |  >   | 1. Chromebook HP 14 has intel CPU: Intel(R) Celeron(R) 2955U
 >   > @ 1.40GHz. Installers 5x,6x, and 7x will stop (and some panic) in the
 >   > middle of boot of i386. For amd64 it will not even load the kernel.
 >   >  |  >   | 2. If I install it on another machine and then boot on HP
 >   > chromebook 14, NetBSD version 5.2.3 will boot and run well. Even the X
 >   > starts ok.
 >   >  |  >   | 3. Other NetBSD versions like 6.0, 6.1 and 7.0 on i386 will
 >   > never finish booting.
 >   >  |  >   | 4. All amd64 versions (5.2, 6.0, 6.1,7.0) behave as if the
 >   > CPU was not amd64 capable. (however linux and openbsd 64bit work
 >   > flawlessly)
 >   >  |  >   | 5. I have screenshots, that can help better. Where can I send
 >   > it?
 >   >  |  >   | >How-To-Repeat:
 >   >  |  >   | Put installation media into externeal cdrom and start
 >   > booting chromebook HP 14.
 >   >  |  >   | Put installed netbsd hard disk into chromebook HP 14 and
 >   > start booting.
 >   >  |  >
 >   >  |  >   Put them anywhere, and add URL's to them here. If you need
 >   > space to host them,
 >   >  |  >   let me know.
 >   >  |  >
 >   >  |  >   christos
 >   >  |  >
 >   >  |  OK, here they are:
 >   >  |  http://www.openunix.eu/pics/1.JPG
 >   >  |  http://www.openunix.eu/pics/2.JPG
 >   >  |  http://www.openunix.eu/pics/3.JPG
 >   >  |  http://www.openunix.eu/pics/4.JPG
 >   >
 >   >  Thank you very much!
 >   >
 >   >  1. Can you type 't' at the debugger prompt to get a backtrace and post
 >   > that.
 >   >  2. Looks like it is ACPI related, can you disable ACPI and try to
 >   > boot?
 >   >  3. You are booting and i386 kernel that's why you are only seeing this
 >   > as
 >   >     an i386. Can you try booting the amd64 kernel from the amd64 port?
 >   >  4. Can you look if there is a bios upgrade for your machine? It might
 >   > fix
 >   >     the ACPI problem.
 >   >
 >   >  Anyway, the backtrace will be helpful figuring out why it crashes.
 >   >
 >   >  Thanks,
 >   >
 >   >  christos
 >   
 >   Christos, as I wrote down, I also tried the amd64 but that would never
 >   even load kernel. No success without acpi as well.
 >