Hi,

I wanted to thank everyone who has helped me with this. Although it
complains when it is booting, it seems stable. I was able to build tcsh,
pico, and the source tree without any real problems (just user error).

I do have some concerns about the error at boot up and I was wondering if
it would be safe to put this server into production this way. Also, I need
to put some other options into the kernel so that it doesn't run out of
file descriptors or network buffers. I also need to raise the amount of
memory that it can use per process. The server works, so I will be able to
do this, but I need to know how to apply this patch.

Thanks,
Al







On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Allen Briggs wrote:

> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:01:27 -0400
> From: Allen Briggs <briggs@netbsd.org>
> To: port-macppc@netbsd.org
> Subject: Al's Xserve G4
>
> So a kernel with the following configuration changes booted for Al on
> his G4 Xserve (based on GENERIC):
>
> Added config for netbsd-wd0 root on wd0a type ffs
>
> Commented out pdcsata* (hmm..  Meant to comment out pdcide*)
> Commented out radeonfb* and options RADEONFB_MMAP_BARS.
> Commented out fwohci*, ieee1394if*, fwip*, sbp*
>
> I also slightly patched pdcide.c:
>
> Index: pdcide.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/src/sys/dev/pci/pdcide.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.24
> diff -p -u -r1.24 pdcide.c
> --- pdcide.c	16 Nov 2006 01:33:10 -0000	1.24
> +++ pdcide.c	20 Jun 2007 17:59:36 -0000
> @@ -557,8 +557,13 @@ pdc20265_pci_intr(void *arg)
>  			continue;
>  		crv = wdcintr(wdc_cp);
>  		if (crv == 0)
> -			printf("%s:%d: bogus intr\n",
> -			    sc->sc_wdcdev.sc_atac.atac_dev.dv_xname, i);
> +{ static int akbcnt=0;
> +  if (akbcnt++ < 10) {
> +			printf("%s:%d: bogus intr (dmastat = %x)\n",
> +			    sc->sc_wdcdev.sc_atac.atac_dev.dv_xname, i,
> +dmastat);
> +  }
> +}
>  		else
>  			rv = 1;
>  	}
>
> It did print the bogus intr message 10 times, but continued through
> the boot.
>
> Anyone have time and resources to look into these things?
>
> -allen
>
> --
> Allen Briggs  |  http://www.ninthwonder.com/~briggs/  |  briggs@ninthwonder.com
>