Subject: sun4c: net booting NetBSD-1.2 no better than 1.1
To: None <port-sparc@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Simon J. Gerraty <sjg@frodo.dn.itg.telstra.com.au>
List: port-sparc
Date: 10/07/1996 13:53:58
Does anyone net boot NetBSD on sun4c?

I have about a 1 in 10 success rate - with a power cycle required
between attempts....

I've just loaded the 1.2 distribution on my boot server (SunOS 4.1.4 SS5)
and updated /tftboot/boot.sparc.netbsd, the result it not much better
than I had with 1.1

Type  'go' to resume
Type  help  for more information
ok boot net netbsd
screen not found.
Can't open input device.
SPARCstation 2, No Keyboard
ROM Rev. 2.4.1, 16 MB memory installed, Serial #4307982.
Ethernet address 8:0:20:10:1d:55, Host ID: 5541bc0e.


Rebooting with command: net netbsd
Boot device: /sbus/le@0,c00000   File and args: netbsd
b200 
>> NetBSD BOOT [$Revision: 1.4 $]
boot: client IP address: 144.136.188.252
boot: client name: hobbit
root addr=144.136.188.211 path=/export/root/hobbit
Booting netbsd @ 0x4000
1130464\

power cycle time...

I was curious to see whether the 1.2 kernel could handle the floppy
controller in this SS2 (having it configured in a 1.1 kernel was sure
to hang the machine)...

Booting a Classic looked better... 


SPARCclassic, No Keyboard
ROM Rev. 2.12, 64 MB memory installed, Serial #3508501.
Ethernet address 8:0:20:21:1b:16, Host ID: 80358915.


Rebooting with command:                                               
Boot device: /iommu/sbus/espdma@4,8400000/esp@4,8800000/sd@3,0   File and args: 

Type  'go' to resume
Type  help  for more information
ok boot net netbsd -s
Resetting ... 

SPARCclassic, No Keyboard
ROM Rev. 2.12, 64 MB memory installed, Serial #3508501.
Ethernet address 8:0:20:21:1b:16, Host ID: 80358915.


Rebooting with command: net netbsd -s                                 
Boot device: /iommu/sbus/ledma@4,8400010/le@4,8c00000   File and args: netbsd -s
>> NetBSD BOOT [$Revision: 1.4 $]
boot: client IP address: 144.136.188.252
boot: client name: hobbit
root addr=144.136.188.211 path=/export/root/hobbit
Booting netbsd @ 0x4000
1130464+109000+70088+[45312+49546]=0x15ae02
(if this doesn't work, fix pmap_bootstrap4m in pmap.c)Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
        The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

NetBSD 1.2 (GENERIC_SCSI3) #6: Fri Sep 27 22:01:55 MET DST 1996
    pk@kwik:/usr/src1/sys/arch/sparc/compile/GENERIC_SCSI3
real mem = 66793472
avail mem = 60551168
using 815 buffers containing 3338240 bytes of memory
bootpath: /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000/ledma@4,8400010/le@4,8c00000
mainbus0 (root): SUNW,SPARCclassic
cpu0 at mainbus0: TI,TMS390S10 @ 50 MHz, on-chip FPU
cpu0: physical 4K instruction (32 b/l), 2K data (16 b/l) cache enabled
obio0 at mainbus0
clock0 at obio0 addr 0x71200000: mk48t08 (eeprom)
timer0 at obio0 addr 0x71d00000 delay constant 23
auxreg0 at obio0 addr 0x71900000
zs0 at obio0 addr 0x71100000 pri 12, softpri 6
zs0a: console i/o
zs1 at obio0 addr 0x71000000 pri 12, softpri 6
[slavioconfig at obio0] addr 0x71800000 not configured
power0 at obio0 addr 0x71910000
fdc0 at obio0 addr 0x71400000 pri 11, softpri 4: chip 82077
iommu0 at mainbus0 addr 0x10000000: version 1/4, page-size 4096, range 64MB
sbus0 at iommu0: clock = 25 MHz
dma0 at sbus0 slot 4 offset 0x8400000: rev 2
esp0 at dma0 slot 0x4 offset 0x8800000 pri 4: ESP200 40Mhz, target 7
scsibus0 at esp0
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 3 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST31200N SUN1.05, 8564> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd0: 1006MB, 2700 cyl, 9 head, 84 sec, 512 bytes/sec
audio at sbus0 slot 4 offset 0x1300000 not configured
SUNW,bpp at sbus0 slot 4 offset 0xc800000 not configured
ledma0 at sbus0 slot 4 offset 0x8400010: rev 2
le0 at ledma0 slot 0x4 offset 0x8c00000 pri 6: address 08:00:20:21:1b:16
le0: 8 receive buffers, 2 transmit buffers
cgthree0 at sbus0 slot 3 offset 0x0: , 1152 x 900
nfs_boot: using network interface 'le0'
nfs_boot: client_addr=0x9088bcfc
nfs_boot: server_addr=0x9088bcd3
nfs_boot: hostname=hobbit
root on frodo:/export/root/hobbit
swap on frodo:/export/swap/h2
setting tty flags
starting network
add host hobbit: gateway localhost
starting rpc daemons: portmap.
starting system logger, time daemon.
checking for core dump...
savecore: no core dump (no dumpdev)
checking quotas: done.
building databases...
chmod: /dev/tty[pqrs]*: No such file or directory
clearing /tmp
standard daemons: update cron.
starting network daemons: routed printer inetd.
creating runtime link editor directory cache.
starting local daemons:.
Sun Oct  6 20:54:11 PDT 1996

NetBSD/sparc (hobbit) (console)
login:

--sjg