Re: NetBSD 4 won't boot on a xserve

>> It sounds like the video / Radeon changes might be
a culprit since
>> that's one area that's changed fairly recently.
>
> Indeed, on my PowerBook G4 (last model), I had to
"boot -c" and
> "disable radeonfb", and "disable
fwohci" as well.

If Firewire is an issue (or perhaps the issue), then try
this kernel, 
which has no Radeon and also has no Firewire:

ht
tp://www.ziaspace.com/~john/XSERVE_noradeon_nofw

I'm running NetBSD 4 on a a newer G4 (the one before the
mirror drive 
doors) with a Radeon 7000 which is what I believe the Xserve
has, and the 
video is fine. It'll be interesting to see what this issue
is.

I can't test this on my own Xserve, unfortunately, because
it's running OS 
X and is in use full time. Is anyone else running NetBSD on
G4 Xserves?

John

Hi,

So far I am not having alot of luck with this. The kernel
that you
provided a link to in this email gets the furthest. I am
still not
getting anything in the dmesg from any of the 4.0 boots. 
With this
kernel the last line is kernelized raid frame activated.
Then it scrolls
"pdcide0:0: bogus intr".

Thanks,
Al




On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, John Klos wrote:

> Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:26:53 -0700 (PDT)
> From: John Klos <johnziaspace.com>
> Cc: DataZap <azdatazap.net>, port-macppcNetBSD.org
> Subject: Re: NetBSD 4 won't boot on a xserve
>
> >> It sounds like the video / Radeon changes
might be a culprit since
> >> that's one area that's changed fairly
recently.
> >
> > Indeed, on my PowerBook G4 (last model), I had to
"boot -c" and
> > "disable radeonfb", and "disable
fwohci" as well.
>
> If Firewire is an issue (or perhaps the issue), then
try this kernel,
> which has no Radeon and also has no Firewire:
>
> ht
tp://www.ziaspace.com/~john/XSERVE_noradeon_nofw
>
> I'm running NetBSD 4 on a a newer G4 (the one before
the mirror drive
> doors) with a Radeon 7000 which is what I believe the
Xserve has, and the
> video is fine. It'll be interesting to see what this
issue is.
>
> I can't test this on my own Xserve, unfortunately,
because it's running OS
> X and is in use full time. Is anyone else running
NetBSD on G4 Xserves?
>
> John
>