Subject: Re: 4.0 SMP problems?
To: Allen Wong <allen@submoron.org>
From: Michael Lorenz <macallan@NetBSD.org>
List: port-macppc
Date: 10/04/2007 04:38:43
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Hello,

On Oct 4, 2007, at 01:31, Allen Wong wrote:

> -> This G4 boots from an IDE disk and still has the R128 it came with.
> -> I'd strongly suggest to try a uniprocessor kernel to check if the
> -> problem is really SMP related.
>
> I tried booting with a uniprocessor kernel with the same results.

Ok, so at least it's not SMP related.

> -> Then, did you build your own kernels? If so please try a /very/
> -> recent 4.0 GENERIC. Also, those links to dmesg and ofctl output you
>
> I downloaded the kernels from the NetBSD ftp site.  The full path is:
>
> /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-4.0_RC2/macppc/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.MP.gz
> /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-4.0_RC2/macppc/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.gz

Definitely new enough.

We need to find out where the first trap happens, so
- - any chance to narrow it down a bit? How far - approximately - did  
the kernel boot before faulting?
- - how old is your boot loader? I know ofwboot.xcf from 3.1 can load  
4.0 and -current kernels, older versions might cause funky problems.

have fun
Michael
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