problems installing NetBSD on a Sun Blade 100

Hi,

I'm trying to install NetBSD/sparc64 on a Sun Blade 100.
Booting both
the [1]latest release (3.1) and -current (4.99.6) fails:

ok boot cdrom
[...]
uhub0: device problem, disabling port 3
aceride0:0:1: lost interrupt
        type: ata tc_bcount: 512 tc_skip: 0
cd0 ata atapibus0 drive 1: <[...]> cdrom removable
uhub0: device problem, disabling port 4
wd0 ata atabus0 drive 0aceride0:0:0: lost interrupt
         type: ata tc_bcount: 512 tc_skip: 0
: <IC35L060AVV207-0>
wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA48
addressing
wd0: 58644 MB, 119150 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x
120103200 sectors
aceride0:0:0: lost interrupt
        type: ata tc_bcount: 512 tc_skip: 0
aceride0:0:0: lost interrupt
        type: ata tc_bcount: 512 tc_skip: 0
aceride0:0:0: lost interrupt
        type: ata tc_bcount: 0 tc_skip: 0
[...]
FATAL: boot device not found, check your firmware settings!
[...]

After this, at the terminal type selection prompt I can't
input
anything... The system uses a USB keyboard.

Help is appreciated!


TIA, Jukka

[1]
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.1/sparc64cd-3.1.iso

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Just in case this helps: when booting an OpenBSD 4.0 install
CD on
that SunBlade USB seems to work:

ok boot cdrom
[...]
ohci0 at pci0 dev 12 function 3 "Sun USB" rev
0x01: ivec 0x7e4 version 1.0, legacy support
usb0 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0 at usb0
uhub0: Sun OHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
[...]

...but then the kernel panics before I can verify if the
keyboard
really works...

I also tried the latest FreeBSD release (6.1): both USB and
IDE disk
controller seem to work fine, at least I was able to create
file systems
using the system installer from the boot CD.

But I want NetBSD! 

Am I hitting a known problem? Is anybody successfully
running NetBSD
on a Blade 100?


Regards, Jukka

Jukka Salmi --> port-sparc64 (2006-12-26 18:42:50 +0100):
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to install NetBSD/sparc64 on a Sun Blade
100. Booting both
> the [1]latest release (3.1) and -current (4.99.6)
fails:
> 
> ok boot cdrom
> [...]
> uhub0: device problem, disabling port 3
> aceride0:0:1: lost interrupt
>         type: ata tc_bcount: 512 tc_skip: 0
> cd0 ata atapibus0 drive 1: <[...]> cdrom
removable
> uhub0: device problem, disabling port 4
> wd0 ata atabus0 drive 0aceride0:0:0: lost interrupt
>          type: ata tc_bcount: 512 tc_skip: 0
> : <IC35L060AVV207-0>
> wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA48
addressing
> wd0: 58644 MB, 119150 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512
bytes/sect x 120103200 sectors
> aceride0:0:0: lost interrupt
>         type: ata tc_bcount: 512 tc_skip: 0
> aceride0:0:0: lost interrupt
>         type: ata tc_bcount: 512 tc_skip: 0
> aceride0:0:0: lost interrupt
>         type: ata tc_bcount: 0 tc_skip: 0
> [...]
> FATAL: boot device not found, check your firmware
settings!
> [...]
> 
> After this, at the terminal type selection prompt I
can't input
> anything... The system uses a USB keyboard.
> 
> Help is appreciated!
> 
> 
> TIA, Jukka
> 
> [1]
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.1/sparc64cd-3.1.iso
> 
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Hello,

On Dec 26, 2006, at 14:49, Jukka Salmi wrote:

> Just in case this helps: when booting an OpenBSD 4.0
install CD on
> that SunBlade USB seems to work:
>
> ok boot cdrom
> [...]
> ohci0 at pci0 dev 12 function 3 "Sun USB" rev
0x01: ivec 0x7e4 version 
> 1.0, legacy support
> usb0 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0
> uhub0 at usb0
> uhub0: Sun OHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
> uhub0: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
> [...]
>
> ...but then the kernel panics before I can verify if
the keyboard
> really works...
>
> I also tried the latest FreeBSD release (6.1): both USB
and IDE disk
> controller seem to work fine, at least I was able to
create file 
> systems
> using the system installer from the boot CD.
>
> But I want NetBSD! 
>
> Am I hitting a known problem? Is anybody successfully
running NetBSD
> on a Blade 100?

Sounds like you ran into the Bad Old IRQ Mapping Bug. Sun
apparently 
changed the way IRQ lines are encoded by OpenFirmware at
some point so 
we get bogus on newer machines. Since you have the hardware
- could you 
have a look and check what exactly OpenBSD does different?
My machines 
are all old enough to Just Work.

have fun
Michael
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Michael Lorenz --> port-sparc64 (2006-12-26 15:54:41
-0500):
> Sounds like you ran into the Bad Old IRQ Mapping Bug.
Sun apparently 
> changed the way IRQ lines are encoded by OpenFirmware
at some point so 
> we get bogus on newer machines. Since you have the
hardware - could you 
> have a look and check what exactly OpenBSD does
different?

I tried to, but then gave up because I didn't really
understand the code...


Regards, Jukka

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On Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 02:39:35PM +0100, Jukka Salmi wrote:
> Michael Lorenz --> port-sparc64 (2006-12-26 15:54:41
-0500):
> > Sounds like you ran into the Bad Old IRQ Mapping
Bug. Sun apparently 
> > changed the way IRQ lines are encoded by
OpenFirmware at some point so 
> > we get bogus on newer machines. Since you have the
hardware - could you 
> > have a look and check what exactly OpenBSD does
different?
> 
> I tried to, but then gave up because I didn't really
understand the code...

As a workaround you may use older OBP.
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-sparc64/2005/12/
17/0007.html

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Hi,

rivo nurges --> port-sparc64 (2006-12-28 22:01:07 +0000):
> As a workaround you may use older OBP.
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-sparc64/2005/12/
17/0007.html

thanks a lot for this hint. I missed that thread before.

Indeed downgrading OBP to 4.5.9 fixed the problem. OBP
releases more
recent than that (I tried 4.6.5 and newer) showed the
problems reported
earlier.

My SunBlade is not in production, thus it could be used for
testing
purposes...


Regards, Jukka

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