Subject: RE: Problems creating an install kernel for the hpcarm platform
To: None <tech-install@NetBSD.org>
From: Jason Mitchell <jmitchel@bigjar.com>
List: port-hpcarm
Date: 04/02/2007 07:01:28
I figured it out. My crunchgened binary was set up to with mount_ffs as a
link to mount. That was true in 1.6, but is no longer the case in 3.0.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: port-hpcarm-owner@NetBSD.org
> [mailto:port-hpcarm-owner@NetBSD.org]On Behalf Of Jason Mitchell
> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 11:24 PM
> To: tech-install@NetBSD.org
> Cc: port-hpcarm@NetBSD.org
> Subject: Problems creating an install kernel for the hpcarm platform
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to create an install kernel for the hpcarm
> platform and I'm
> running in to some difficulties. The hpcarm platform is a bit
> challenging in
> that the kernel (including embedded ram disk) can't be bigger than around
> 3.7Mbytes. If the kernel is too big it won't boot. On the hpcarm platform
> the NetBSD kernel is launched from WinCE using a program called
> hpcboot. If
> the kernel is too big hpcboot loads the kernel and then hangs --
> there might
> be some output on the serial port, I'm not sure. This problem has been
> around in the hpcarm port since at least NetBSD 1.6.
>
> I've managed to create a kernel with a 3400block (1.7MByte)
> embedded RAM
> disk. I did this by stripping out most of the options and all but one
> network card. On the embedded ramdisk is a crunchgened binary. The kernel
> boots up, gives the "Enter pathname of shell or press RETURN for /bin/sh:"
> prompt, then tries to run .profile. .profile tries to mount the md0a slice
> read/write and gives the following error message:
>
> proc: table is full - increase kern.maxproc or NPROC
> mount_ffs: vfork: Resource temporarily unavailable
>
> If I run sysctl -w kern.maxproc=512 then try the mount
> again I get a uvm
> fault:
>
> uvm_fault(0xc0380e54, e59ff000, 2, 0) -> e
> Fatal kernel mode data abort: 'Translation Fault (S)'
> trapframe: 0xc2bdac54
> FSR=c0491005, FAR=e59ff11c, spsr=a0000013
> r0 =c2bb30c8, r1 =e59ff114, r2 =c2bb30e0, r3 =e59ff114
> r4 =c0382120, r5 =c0000000, r6 =c2ba9544, r7 =00000000
> r8 =c0000000, r9 =c2bdad60, r10=00000003, r11=c2bdacc0
> r12=00000000, ssp=c2bdaca0, slr=c015efc8, pc =c015decc
>
> Stopped in pid 922.1 (gumby) at netbsd:pmap_alloc_11+0x1c:
> strne r3,
> [r1, #0x008]
>
> The uvm fault has the same first three lines and the same
> last line every
> time. Some but not all of the registers are the same too. If I
> recompile the
> kernel with MAXUSERS=32, then I get this message:
>
> UVM: pid 10 (sh), uid 0 killed: out of swap
>
> If I do a ps awux, there are 10 processes running. 7 are
> names with []'s
> around them (kernel processes?) and the three are init, sh, and
> ps awux. By
> the way, gumby is the name of my crunchgen binary. I tried recompiling a
> kernel with more memory (the default kernel using 32MBytes, but
> the machine
> I'm testing on has 64MBytes) and that produced no change.
>
> My current theory is that when I created the install kernel
> I commented out
> some necessary option. My other choice is that this is a problem with
> versions. The kernel is 3.0.2 (I couldn't get cross compiling
> tools to build
> for 3.0) while the crunchgened binary comes from 3.0. Also the machine I'm
> doing the cross compiling on is an i386 running NetBSD 2.0.2.
> I've tried the
> kernel on multiple machines with no change in results. Also the
> standard 3.0
> kernel boots fine on an hpcarm box and NetBSD 3.0 runs without complaint.
>
> I'm attaching my kernel config. Please let me know if
> there's some option I
> need to enable or if there's some other fault in my set up. I'm
> setting this
> to tech-install, because I don't have any reason to believe this
> problem is
> specific to hpcarm. If there's another list I should send this to, please
> let me know.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jason M.
>
>
> INSTALLv8
> # $NetBSD: JORNADA720,v 1.41.2.1 2005/07/18 21:14:54 riz Exp $
> #
> # JORNADA -- Windows-CE based jornada 720
> #
>
> include "arch/hpcarm/conf/std.hpcarm"
>
> #options INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE # embed config file in
> kernel binary
>
> #ident "GENERIC-$Revision: 1.41.2.1 $"
>
> # estimated number of users
> maxusers 8
>
> #options DRAM_PAGES=16384 # 64Mb of memory is standard on Jornada728s
>
> # Standard system options
>
> options RTC_OFFSET=0 # hardware clock is this many
> mins. west of
> GMT
> #options NTP # NTP phase/frequency locked loop
>
> # CPU options
>
> options CPU_SA1110 # Support the SA1110 core
>
> # Architecture options
>
> # FPA options
>
> #options ARMFPE # ARM Ltd FPE
>
> # File systems
>
> file-system FFS # UFS
> #file-system LFS # log-structured file system
> file-system MFS # memory file system
> file-system NFS # Network file system
> #file-system ADOSFS # AmigaDOS-compatible file system
> #file-system EXT2FS # second extended file system (linux)
> #file-system CD9660 # ISO 9660 + Rock Ridge file system
> file-system MSDOSFS # MS-DOS file system
> #file-system FDESC # /dev/fd
> #file-system FILECORE # Acorn filecore file system
> file-system KERNFS # /kern
> #file-system NULLFS # loopback file system
> #file-system OVERLAY # overlay filesystem
> #file-system PORTAL # portal filesystem (still experimental)
> file-system PROCFS # /proc
> #file-system UMAPFS # NULLFS + uid and gid remapping
> #file-system UNION # union file system
>
> # File system options
> #options QUOTA # UFS quotas
> #options FFS_EI # FFS Endian Independant support
> options SOFTDEP # FFS soft updates support.
> #options FFS_NO_SNAPSHOT # ffs snapshots
> #options NFSSERVER
>
> # Networking options
>
> #options GATEWAY # packet forwarding
> options INET # IP + ICMP + TCP + UDP
> #options INET6 # IPV6
> #options IPSEC # IP security
> #options IPSEC_ESP # IP security (encryption part; define
> w/IPSEC)
> #options IPSEC_NAT_T # IPsec NAT traversal (NAT-T)
> #options IPSEC_DEBUG # debug for IP security
> #options MROUTING # IP multicast routing
> #options PIM # Protocol Independent Multicast
> #options NS # XNS
> #options NSIP # XNS tunneling over IP
> #options ISO,TPIP # OSI
> #options EON # OSI tunneling over IP
> #options CCITT,LLC,HDLC # X.25
> #options NETATALK # AppleTalk networking
> #options PFIL_HOOKS # pfil(9) packet filter hooks
> #options PPP_BSDCOMP # BSD-Compress compression support for PPP
> #options PPP_DEFLATE # Deflate compression support for PPP
> #options PPP_FILTER # Active filter support for PPP (requires
> bpf)
> #options TCP_DEBUG # Record last TCP_NDEBUG packets with
> SO_DEBUG
>
> # Compatibility options
>
> #options COMPAT_43 # 4.3BSD compatibility.
> options COMPAT_20 # NetBSD 2.0 compatibility.
> options COMPAT_16 # NetBSD 1.6 compatibility.
> #options COMPAT_14 # NetBSD 1.4 compatibility.
> #options COMPAT_13 # NetBSD 1.3 compatibility.
> #options COMPAT_12 # NetBSD 1.2 compatibility.
> #options COMPAT_11 # NetBSD 1.1 compatibility.
> #options COMPAT_10 # NetBSD 1.0 compatibility.
> #options COMPAT_09 # NetBSD 0.9 compatibility.
> #options TCP_COMPAT_42 # 4.2BSD TCP/IP bug compat. Not
> recommended.
> #options COMPAT_BSDPTY # /dev/[pt]ty?? ptys.
>
> # Shared memory options
>
> #options SYSVMSG # System V-like message queues
> #options SYSVSEM # System V-like semaphores
> #options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
> #options SHMMAXPGS=1024 # 1024 pages is the default
>
> # Device options
>
> options MEMORY_DISK_HOOKS # boottime setup of ramdisk
> options MEMORY_DISK_ROOT_SIZE=3400 # Size in blocks
> options MEMORY_DISK_IS_ROOT # use memory disk as root
>
> # Miscellaneous kernel options
> #options KTRACE # system call tracing, a la ktrace(1)
> #options IRQSTATS # manage IRQ statistics
> #options LKM # loadable kernel modules
> #options KMEMSTATS # kernel memory statistics
> #options SCSIVERBOSE # Verbose SCSI errors
> #options USERCONF # userconf(4) support
> #options PIPE_SOCKETPAIR # smaller, but slower pipe(2)
> #options SYSCTL_INCLUDE_DESCR # Include sysctl descriptions in
> kernel
>
> #options NFS_BOOT_DHCP
>
> # Development and Debugging options
>
> #options BOOT_DUMP # Enable memorydump at boot
> #options PORTMASTER # Enable PortMaster only options
> options DIAGNOSTIC # internal consistency checks
> #options PMAP_DEBUG # Enable pmap_debug_level code
> #options IPKDB # remote kernel debugging
> options DDB # in-kernel debugger
> #options DDB_HISTORY_SIZE=100 # Enable history editing in DDB
> #makeoptions DEBUG="-g" # compile full symbol table
>
> config netbsd root on ? type ?
> #options COMCONSOLE=0,CONADDR=0x3f8,CONUNIT=0
>
> # The main bus device
> mainbus0 at root
>
> # The boot CPU
> cpu0 at mainbus?
>
> saip0 at mainbus?
>
> # Serial
> options CONSPEED=19200
> sacom* at saip? addr 0xd000d000 size 0x24 intr 17
>
> #OS Timer
> saost* at saip? addr 0x90000000 size 0x20
>
> # SA1111 companion chip
> sacc0 at saip? addr 0x40000000 size 0x2000
>
> # PCMCIA bus support
> sacpcic* at sacc?
> pcmcia* at sacpcic?
>
> # PCMCIA serial interfaces
> com* at pcmcia? function ? # Modems and serial cards
>
> # PCMCIA IDE controllers and disks
> wdc* at pcmcia? function ?
> atabus* at ata?
> wd* at atabus? drive ?
>
> # PCMCIA network interfaces
> #an* at pcmcia? function ? # Aironet PC4500/PC4800 (802.11)
> #awi* at pcmcia? function ? # BayStack 650/660 (802.11FH/DS)
> #cnw* at pcmcia? function ? # Xircom/Netwave AirSurfer
> #ep* at pcmcia? function ? # 3Com 3c589 and 3c562 Ethernet
> #mbe* at pcmcia? function ? # MB8696x based Ethernet
> ne* at pcmcia? function ? # NE2000-compatible Ethernet
> #ray* at pcmcia? function ? # Raytheon Raylink (802.11)
> #sm* at pcmcia? function ? # Megahertz Ethernet
> #wi* at pcmcia? function ? # Lucent WaveLan IEEE (802.11)
> #xi* at pcmcia? function ? # Xircom CreditCard Ethernet
>
> #mhzc* at pcmcia? function ? # Megahertz Ethernet/Modem combo
> cards
> #com* at mhzc?
> #sm* at mhzc?
>
> # MII/PHY support
> #acphy* at mii? phy ? # DAltima AC101 and AMD Am79c874
> PHYs
> #amhphy* at mii? phy ? # AMD 79c901 Ethernet PHYs
> #bmtphy* at mii? phy ? # Broadcom BCM5201 and
> BCM5202 PHYs
> #brgphy* at mii? phy ? # Broadcom BCM5400-family
> PHYs
> #dmphy* at mii? phy ? # Davicom DM9101 PHYs
> #exphy* at mii? phy ? # 3Com internal PHYs
> #glxtphy* at mii? phy ? # Level One LXT-1000 PHYs
> #gphyter* at mii? phy ? # NS83861 Gig-E PHY
> #icsphy* at mii? phy ? # Integrated
> Circuit Systems
> ICS189x
> #inphy* at mii? phy ? # Intel 82555 PHYs
> #iophy* at mii? phy ? # Intel 82553 PHYs
> #lxtphy* at mii? phy ? # Level One LXT-970 PHYs
> #makphy* at mii? phy ? # Marvell Semiconductor
> 88E1000 PHYs
> nsphy* at mii? phy ? # NS83840 PHYs
> nsphyter* at mii? phy ? # NS83843 PHYs
> #pnaphy* at mii? phy ? # generic HomePNA PHYs
> #qsphy* at mii? phy ? # Quality Semiconductor
> QS6612 PHYs
> #sqphy* at mii? phy ? # Seeq 80220/80221/80223 PHYs
> #tlphy* at mii? phy ? # ThunderLAN PHYs
> #tqphy* at mii? phy ? # TDK Semiconductor PHYs
> ukphy* at mii? phy ? # generic unknown PHYs
> #urlphy* at mii? phy ? # Realtek RTL8150L internal PHYs
>
> # Peripheral IO Controller
> #pioc0 at mainbus? base 0x00210000
>
> # Serial ports
> #com* at pioc? offset 0x03f8 irq 10
> #com* at pioc? offset 0x02f8 irq -1
> #com* at pioc? offset 0x0338 irq -1
> #com* at pioc? offset 0x0238 irq -1
>
> # Parallel ports
> #lpt* at pioc? offset 0x0278 irq 0
> #lpt* at pioc? offset 0x0378 irq -1
> #lpt* at pioc? offset 0x03bc irq -1
>
> options WSEMUL_VT100
> options WSDISPLAY_DEFAULTSCREENS=2
> # see arch/hpcarm/dev/j720kbdmap.c for implemented layouts
> #options J720KBD_LAYOUT=KB_FR
> options FONT_VT220L8x10
> # The X server requires theses two options
> options WSDISPLAY_COMPAT_USL
> options WSDISPLAY_COMPAT_RAWKBD
>
> # physical console
> sed0 at saip?
> hpcfb* at sed?
> wsdisplay* at hpcfb?
> j720ssp0 at saip? addr 0x80070000 size 0x100
> wskbd* at j720ssp? mux 1
> wsmouse* at j720ssp? mux 0
>
> pseudo-device loop 1 # network loopback
> #pseudo-device bpfilter 8 # packet filter
> #pseudo-device sl 2 # CSLIP
> #pseudo-device ppp 2 # PPP
> #pseudo-device tun 2 # network tunneling over tty
> #pseudo-device gre 2 # generic L3 over IP tunnel
> #pseudo-device ipfilter 1 # ip filter
> #pseudo-device gif 4 # IPv[46] over IPv[46] tunnel
> (RFC1933)
> #pseudo-device faith 1 # IPv[46] tcp relay
> translation i/f
> #pseudo-device stf 1 # 6to4 IPv6 over IPv4
> encapsulation
> #pseudo-device strip 4 # STarmode Radio IP (Metricon
> Ricochet)
> #pseudo-device vlan # IEEE 802.1q encapsulation
> pseudo-device pty # pseudo-terminals
> #pseudo-device tb 1 # tablet line discipline
> pseudo-device vnd 4 # disk-like interface to files
> #pseudo-device ccd 2 # concatenated disk devices
> #pseudo-device cgd 2 # cryptographic disk devices
> #pseudo-device raid 4 # RAIDframe disk driver
> #options RAID_AUTOCONFIG # auto-configuration of RAID
> components
> #pseudo-device fss 4 # file system snapshot device
>
> pseudo-device biconsdev 1 # build-in console device
> pseudo-device wsmux
>
> pseudo-device md 1 # Ramdisk driver
> pseudo-device rnd # /dev/random and in-kernel
> generator
> #pseudo-device clockctl # user control of clock subsystem
>