Subject: Re: panic: wscons_emul_attach: bogus location on 3000/900?
To: Chris G Demetriou <Chris_G_Demetriou@ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
From: John Hawkinson <jhawk@bbnplanet.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 11/15/1996 17:14:21
> However, it sounds like you're already using the serial console, so...

Right, sorry to be less than precisely clear.

> It claims that the 900 (and the 800), like the 500, has a built in
> frame buffer.  However, when talking about the frame buffer it only
> talks about the 500...
> 
> 
> So, I suppose there are a few of questions that you could answer for me:
> 
> 	(1) does it look like your machine has a port for a frame
> 	    buffer in the back?

Getting someone to check...might be awhile.

> 	(2) what does it say while booting?

"Say"? Could you be more specific? I've included
what I think you want (output while booting Digital Unix).

> 	(3) what does "show conf" at the firmware prompt output?

Attaching.

> 	the machine doesn't have a frame buffer, and my previous
> 	heuristic to check for one is inappropriate, or

OK.

> 	the machine does have a frame buffer, but that frame buffer
> 	isn't configured by the firmware if there's no monitor
> 	attached.

Err, ok.

> Either can be fixed, i just need to know which one needs to be.  8-)

Right-oh. So you're saying what happens here is that a frame
buffer is being detected (sfb0), but has bogus information attached.

--jhawk

DEC 3000 - M900
Digital Equipment Corporation
     VPP PAL V5.56-82000101/OSF PAL V1.45-82000201 - Built on 22-JUL-1996 13:58:51.33

TCINFO      DEVNAM        DEVSTAT
------      --------      --------
                 CPU      OK KN17-AB -V6.7-S85A-I20C-sV2.1-DECchip 21064A P2.0
                 OSC      275 MHz
                ASIC      OK
                 MEM      OK
8
7
                 NVR      OK
                 SCC      OK
                  NI      OK
                ISDN      OK
6
                SCSI      OK
5-PMAF-FD       TC5    
0-PMAF-FD       TC0    
>>> show device

  BOOTDEV      ADDR      DEVTYPE    NUMBYTES     RM/FX    WP    DEVNAM      REV
  -------      ----      -------    --------     -----    --    ------      ---
  ESA0         08-00-2B-39-99-36 , TENBT
  DKA200       A/2/0     DISK         1.05GB      FX            RZ26L       440C
  DKA300       A/3/0     DISK         1.05GB      FX            RZ26L       440C
 ..HostID..    A/7       INITR
  DKB400       B/4/0     RODISK     615.32MB      RM      WP    RRD42       4.5d
 ..HostID..    B/7       INITR





********************************* ENTRY     1. *********************************

----- EVENT INFORMATION -----

EVENT CLASS                             OPERATIONAL EVENT 
OS EVENT TYPE                  300.     SYSTEM STARTUP 
SEQUENCE NUMBER                  0.
OPERATING SYSTEM                        DEC OSF/1 
OCCURRED/LOGGED ON                      Thu Feb 16 17:30:34 1995
OCCURRED ON SYSTEM                      d4000 
SYSTEM ID                 x00080004     CPU TYPE:  DEC 3000 
SYSTYPE                   x00000000
MESSAGE                                 Alpha boot: available memory from 
                                         _0x830000 to 0x4000000 
                                        DEC OSF/1 V3.0B  (Rev. 358.78); Thu 
                                         _Feb 16 19:28:23 CST 1995  
                                        physical memory = 64.00 megabytes. 
                                        available memory = 53.31 megabytes. 
                                        using 238 buffers containing 1.85 
                                         _megabytes of memory 
                                        tc0 at nexus 
                                        scc0 at tc0 slot 7 
                                        tcds0 at tc0 slot 6 
                                        scsi0 at tcds0 slot 0 
                                        rz2 at scsi0 bus 0 target 2 lun 0 (DEC 
                                         _    RZ26L    (C) DEC 440C) 
                                        rz3 at scsi0 bus 0 target 3 lun 0 (DEC 
                                         _    RZ26L    (C) DEC 440C) 
                                        scsi1 at tcds0 slot 1 
                                        rz12 at scsi1 bus 1 target 4 lun 0 
                                         _(DEC     RRD43   (C) DEC  1084) 
                                        bba0 at tc0 slot 7 
                                        ln0: DEC LANCE Module Name: PMAD-BA  
                                        ln0 at tc0 slot 7 
                                        ln0: DEC LANCE Ethernet Interface, 
                                         _hardware address: 08-00-2B-39-99-36  
                                        fta0: DEC CRE DEFTA FDDI Module Name: 
                                         _PMAF-FD  
                                        fta0 at tc0 slot 0 
                                        fta0: DMA Available. 
                                        fta0: DEC CRE DEFTA (PDQ) FDDI 
                                         _Interface, Hardware address: 
                                         _08-00-2B-B0-8F-B2 
                                        fta0: Firmware rev:  2.2 
                                        fta1: DEC CRE DEFTA FDDI Module Name: 
                                         _PMAF-FD  
                                        fta1 at tc0 slot 5 
                                        fta1: DMA Available. 
                                        fta1: DEC CRE DEFTA (PDQ) FDDI 
                                         _Interface, Hardware address: 
                                         _08-00-2B-B0-90-92 
                                        fta1: Firmware rev:  2.2 
                                        DEC 3000 - M900 system 
                                        Firmware revision: 5.2 
                                        PALcode: OSF version 1.35 
                                        lvm0: configured. 
                                        lvm1: configured. 
                                        dli: configured 
                                        SuperLAT. Copyright 1993 Meridian 
                                         _Technology Corp. All rights 
                                         _reserved. 


>>> boot dka300
INIT-S-CPU...
INIT-S-RESET_TC...
INIT-S-ASIC...
INIT-S-MEM...
INIT-S-NVR...
INIT-S-SCC...
INIT-S-NI...
INIT-S-SCSI...
INIT-S-ISDN...
INIT-S-TC5...
INIT-S-TC0...
AUDIT_BOOT_STARTS ... 
AUDIT_CHECKSUM_GOOD
AUDIT_LOAD_BEGINS
AUDIT_LOAD_DONE

OSF boot - Mon Jul 24 21:56:39 EDT 1995

Loading vmunix ...
Current PAL Revision <0x10538>
Switching to OSF PALcode Succeeded
New PAL Revision <0x2012d>
Loading into KSEG Address Space

Sizes:
text = 3115744
data = 427456
bss  = 628736
Starting at 0xfffffc00002387e0

Alpha boot: available memory from 0x750000 to 0x4000000
Digital UNIX V3.2C  (Rev. 148); Wed Nov 13 15:54:58 PST 1996 
physical memory = 64.00 megabytes.
available memory = 56.68 megabytes.
using 238 buffers containing 1.85 megabytes of memory
tc0 at nexus
scc0 at tc0 slot 7
tcds0 at tc0 slot 6
scsi0 at tcds0 slot 0
rz2 at scsi0 bus 0 target 2 lun 0 (DEC     RZ26L    (C) DEC 440C)
rz3 at scsi0 bus 0 target 3 lun 0 (DEC     RZ26L    (C) DEC 440C)
scsi1 at tcds0 slot 1
rz12 at scsi1 bus 1 target 4 lun 0 (DEC     RRD42   (C) DEC  4.5d)
bba0 at tc0 slot 7
ln0: DEC LANCE Module Name: PMAD-BA 
ln0 at tc0 slot 7
ln0: DEC LANCE Ethernet Interface, hardware address: 08-00-2B-39-99-36 
fta0: DEC CRE DEFTA FDDI Module Name: PMAF-FD 
fta0 at tc0 slot 0
fta0: DMA Available.
fta0: DEC CRE DEFTA (PDQ) FDDI Interface, Hardware address: 08-00-2B-B0-8F-B2
fta0: Firmware rev:  2.2
fta1: DEC CRE DEFTA FDDI Module Name: PMAF-FD 
fta1 at tc0 slot 5
fta1: DMA Available.
fta1: DEC CRE DEFTA (PDQ) FDDI Interface, Hardware address: 08-00-2B-B0-90-92
fta1: Firmware rev:  2.2
DEC 3000 - M900 system
Firmware revision: 6.8
PALcode: OSF version 1.45
lvm0: configured.
lvm1: configured.
dli: configured