From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 23 15:28:12 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 955CB6C0 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2014 15:28:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.scaleengine.net (beauharnois2.bhs1.scaleengine.net [142.4.218.15]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52D64D79 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2014 15:28:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (Seawolf.HML3.ScaleEngine.net [209.51.186.28]) (Authenticated sender: allanjude.freebsd@scaleengine.com) by mx1.scaleengine.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3531251162 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2014 15:28:11 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <54219194.1070907@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 11:28:20 -0400 From: Allan Jude User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 10.1-BETA2 ZFS boot failure on sparc64 References: <20140923061350.GA96111@pix.net> <54218C11.3000702@freebsd.org> <54218D0C.4020505@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <54218D0C.4020505@freebsd.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="F1bhUWASuAW6VcqwOeo9IaS9wCBUrP3a9" X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 15:28:12 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --F1bhUWASuAW6VcqwOeo9IaS9wCBUrP3a9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2014-09-23 11:09, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >=20 > On 09/23/14 08:04, Allan Jude wrote: >> On 2014-09-23 02:13, Kurt Lidl wrote: >>> I downloaded the 10.1-BETA disc1 iso image for >>> sparc64, and burned it to media. I then used that >>> media to attempt an installation onto a spare >>> sparc64 machine that I have. >>> >>> Using UFS as the filesystem, and more or less just >>> following the prompts, the system got installed OK, >>> and boots off of ZFS OK. >>> >>> I then reinstalled onto a system that I manually >>> configured for ZFS. This installation fails to boot >>> from the hard disk, dying like this: >>> >>> ---- snip, snip ---- >>> ok reset >>> Res >>> LOM event: +487d+12h37m31s host reset >>> etting ... >>> >>> ? >>> Sun Fire V120 (UltraSPARC-IIe 648MHz), No Keyboard >>> OpenBoot 4.0, 4096 MB memory installed, Serial #53476432. >>> Ethernet address 0:3:ba:2f:fc:50, Host ID: 832ffc50. >>> >>> Boot device: disk0 File and args: >>> =20 >>>>> FreeBSD/sparc64 ZFS boot block >>> Boot path: /pci@1f,0/pci@1/scsi@8/disk@0,0:a >>> Consoles: Open Firmware console >>> Memory Address not Aligned >>> ok >>> >>> ---- snip, snip ---- >>> >>> I have used my exact procedure in the past to install onto a ZFS >>> only sparc without issue. >>> >>> Has anyone else tried booting a ZFS only sparc64 installation >>> recently? >>> >>> -Kurt >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >> If you have the entire drive to spare, have you tried the 'ZFS auto >> mode' script that Devin and I wrote? It is the bottom option in the >> installer partitioning menu. >> >=20 > Allan, that script doesn't work on sparc since it doesn't know about > VTOC8 and can only install to GPT and MBR. As committed, the menu item > is also disabled on anything other than i386 and amd64. The partition > editor in -CURRENT likely works, since it is based on code Kurt > submitted, but is untested on sparc since his original patch. >=20 > I think the more likely issue is that the boot blocks have bitrotted > somehow on SPARC. That's certainly consistent with the "Memory Address > not Aligned" error. > -Nathan >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" Ahh yes, I remember consider supporting sparc64, but with no one to test, and what I can only imagine is a small userbase, of hardcore people who would rather do it manually, we decided against it. --=20 Allan Jude --F1bhUWASuAW6VcqwOeo9IaS9wCBUrP3a9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUIZGXAAoJEJrBFpNRJZKf5sUQAKUqhxkTgUHb8Wa/rD7k+sCh /VkEN5UXxKkP6W7V+0kG1GV0Jb6UuDPhft0sYkT1wqILmfJcGnfjc5JGOgTM2lea lUqDt7nKQlXZRj13H7Hcb3eLjNJR6EoCP1/JbJ4qrWvRxDhwXRxfaBdQ4ITQF7Wv JbbWdGPpN97Qd0S4vsd4DFYU+4q6402YXzv+psQMFO4FrxCoelj64BWLzpv2A2cS 4IUL8YfOKGEKk8npRFwPfVDzwbhT3J4HZ84lazpp1DjmUlIRyFdF+z3Xcj0g2Xgx FLVhqLCie6K4GBngXWkHwHA6cAKv69572EehHsotr2urbd6+RCWjENG7QxYlJ8pn XkrPPhRdmxyUgARwKD9RRkyS3Ljbx00g2RwBFu4eql3NTSLud/Xpq8DfL/bv+9BO d/HR5q8C0YCW3P1WXBSJSocmKJAx0bqdcGazsaN49dI7tjLg/trgUdv9DVNV5Olh dLOFzBZ+2/msHKNb1s9XCddvtgSk7zMkfEW0FHfVgL1/8I3RITEfkJXGfNEJZbJS Ha8ma5nKgT07QwBuGFMSAuoKCob/JbhxvS6Wr5SIlfy8a+bmIZtxPo8Z6kQZWGSS omqbmyDF8ZlMkOsbmYxz2Wk42oh8OJ1awT/wO/bkbB6u7Sfz5wIzB8Q3jk+6431c OyQM0FnTtPovMY3neIFs =Zfo1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --F1bhUWASuAW6VcqwOeo9IaS9wCBUrP3a9--