From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 25 23:07:39 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A83316A402 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:07:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from speedfactory.net (mail.speedfactory.net [66.23.216.219]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D774F13C447 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:07:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (unverified [66.23.211.162]) by speedfactory.net (SurgeMail 3.8s) with ESMTP id 233383370-1834499 for multiple; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:09:37 -0500 Received: from localhost.corp.yahoo.com (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m1PN7Cr5010859; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:07:13 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:43:06 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <47B50E1B.4000102@denninger.net> <47B8D60A.70000@jellydonut.org> In-Reply-To: <47B8D60A.70000@jellydonut.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200802251743.06886.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (server.baldwin.cx [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:07:13 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/5994/Mon Feb 25 15:29:09 2008 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: Subject: Re: VIA EDEN board-based unit X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:07:39 -0000 On Sunday 17 February 2008 07:49:14 pm Michael Proto wrote: > > Karl Denninger wrote: > > I was able to load it successfully off a CD. > > > > The PXE boot fails. It loads the kernel, and then chokes. No idea why. > > > > This is what the system identifies as: > > > > Copyright (c) 1992-2007 The FreeBSD Project. > > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 > > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > > FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. > > FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 10:40:27 UTC 2007 > > root@dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 > > CPU: VIA/IDT Unknown (1196.92-MHz 686-class CPU) > > Origin = "CentaurHauls" Id = 0x6d0 Stepping = 0 > > > > > Completely unrelated, but may save you a search later on. Your VIA C7's > CPU ID is identical to mine (0x6d0), which the 6 and 7-series kernels > don't detect as such (evident by the "VIA/IDT Unknown" CPU in your > dmesg). If you want to use the padlock crypto features of the CPU you > will need to patch the initcpu.c and identcpu.c files in /sys/i386/i386 > and build a new kernel. The patch below works under 6.3-RELEASE Committed a variation (called it C7 Eden) to HEAD and will MFC in a few days. -- John Baldwin