Subject: Re: O2 R12000 Support
To: Stephen Nelson-Smith <sanelson@gmail.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-sgimips
Date: 05/27/2007 21:54:21
On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 11:04:32PM +0100, Stephen Nelson-Smith wrote:
> On 5/26/07, Stephen Nelson-Smith <sanelson@gmail.com> wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I have an O2 (System: IP32, Processor: 300 Mhz R12000, with FPU).
> >
> >I recall reading that this is unsupported/unusable in Linux.  Is this
> >known to be good/stable with netbsd?
> 
> Well, I did some further research, at it seems like it should be ok...
> so I downloaded sgimipscd-3.1.iso and burned it using k3b, as I do
> with any other ISO.
> 
> Here's the setup:
> 
> >printenv
> AutoLoad=Yes
> diskless=0
> dbaud=9600
> volume=80
> sgilogo=y
> monitor=h
> TimeZone=PST8PDT
> crt_option=1
> netaddr=192.168.0.7
> console=d
> ConsoleOut=serial(0)
> ConsoleIn=serial(0)
> cpufreq=300
> eaddr=08:00:69:02:c8:74
> videostatus=illegal_env_var
> SystemPartition=scsi(0)cdrom(4)rdisk(0)partition(8)
> OSLoadPartition=scsi(0)cdrom(4)rdisk(0)partition(0)
> OSLoadFilename=netbsd
> osloadoptions=auto
> OSLoader=boot
> kernname=pci(0)scsi(0)cdrom(4)rdisk(0)partition(8)ip3xboot
> 
> >boot
> dks0d4s8: volume header not valid
> Unable to execute scsi(0)cdrom(4)rdisk(0)partition(8)/boot:  media not 
> loaded
> Unable to load scsi(0)cdrom(4)rdisk(0)partition(8)/boot: no
> recognizable file system on device.
> >hinv
>                   System: IP32
>                Processor: 300 Mhz R12000, with FPU
>     Primary I-cache size: 32 Kbytes
>     Primary D-cache size: 32 Kbytes
>     Secondary cache size: 1024 Kbytes
>              Memory size: 512 Mbytes
>                 Graphics: CRM, Rev C
>                    Audio: A3 version 1
>                SCSI Disk: scsi(0)disk(2)
>               SCSI CDROM: scsi(0)cdrom(4)
> 
> I get the same if I try to boot directly:
> 
> >boot -f pci(0)scsi(0)cdrom(4)rdisk(0)partition(8)ip3xboot
> dks0d4s8: volume header not valid
> Unable to execute pci(0)scsi(0)cdrom(4)rdisk(0)partition(8)ip3xboot:
> media not loaded
> Unable to load pci(0)scsi(0)cdrom(4)rdisk(0)partition(8)ip3xboot: no
> recognizable file system on device.
> 
> Now, there was a thread in June 2006 with exactly this problem, and
> Pete made a bootable image, which is now, I believe, standard.

I'm not sure if the 3.1 image got remplaced. Can you try an image from
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-4/  ?

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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