Subject: Re: E250 support and failed boot
To: Mark Blackman <mark.blackman@dircon.net>
From: Eduardo Horvath <eeh@turbolinux.com>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 08/24/2000 10:21:15
On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Mark Blackman wrote:

> Hi all, 
> 
> discovering that 'e250's are supported, I'm experimenting
> with installing netbsd on an e250 which isn't ready to 
> be deployed yet. I chose to use the latest snaphost, 
> (ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/sparc64/snapshot/20000814/)
> for the binaries, but used the diskless boot procedure
> (rarpd+tfpd(for ofwboot)+bootparamd+nfsd) and got a
> "Fast Data Access MMU Miss" error after loading the kernel.

E250s have PROM issues.  

> Mailing list comments suggests that this indicates the hardware
> isn't supported. The log of the boot follows. comments? 

`Supported' is probably not the right word for it.  `Known to have been
working' is probably more accurate.

> 
> thanks 
> Mark
> ************
> Keyboard not present.  Using ttya for input and output.
> 
> 
> Sun (TM) Enterprise 250 (UltraSPARC-II 296MHz), No Keyboard
> OpenBoot 3.16, 1024 MB memory installed, Serial #13619721.
> Ethernet address 8:0:20:cf:d2:9, Host ID: 80cfd209.
> 
> 
> 
> Rebooting with command: boot net                                      
> Boot device: /pci@1f,4000/network@1,1  File and args: 
> 15400 >> NetBSD/sparc64 OpenFirmware Boot, Revision 
> >> (mrg@powerofseven.eterna.com.au, Sat Aug 19 02:35:03 EST 2000)
> Using BOOTPARAMS protocol: ip address: 192.168.1.162, hostname: w02.test.net
> root addr=192.168.1.156 path=/export/w02.test.net/root
> loadfile: reading header
> elf64_exec: Booting /pci@1f,4000/network@1,1/netbsd
> 3021759@0xf1000000+221136@0xf1400000+433608@0xf1435fd0 
> symbols @ 0xfefa6300 74+242448+125126 start=0xf1000000
> chain: calling OF_chain(800000, ef18, f1000000, fff89a80, 18)
> [ using 368424 bytes of netbsd ELF symbol table ]
> Fast Data Access MMU Miss                        
> ok 

Could you type `ctrace', `.trap-registers', `.registers', and `0 .window'
here?

Eduardo Horvath