From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 26 11:06:54 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F1A616A46D for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:06:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E2D613C4E3 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:06:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id lAQB6sQO025353 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:06:54 GMT (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id lAQB6rJ6025349 for freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:06:53 GMT (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:06:53 GMT Message-Id: <200711261106.lAQB6rJ6025349@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: gnats set sender to owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org using -f From: FreeBSD bugmaster To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Current problem reports assigned to freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:06:54 -0000 Current FreeBSD problem reports Critical problems S Tracker Resp. Description -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o alpha/75317 alpha [busdma] [patch] ATA DMA broken on PCalpha 1 problem total. Serious problems S Tracker Resp. Description -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- f alpha/59116 alpha [ntfs] mount_ntfs of a Windows 2000-formatted fs cause o alpha/61940 alpha [sysinstall] Can't disklabel new disk from FreeBSD/alp o alpha/61973 alpha Machine Check on boot-up of AlphaServer 2100A RM s alpha/67626 alpha X crashes an alpha machine, resulting reboot o alpha/85346 alpha PREEMPTION causes unstability in Alpha4000 SMP kernel o alpha/105134 alpha 'panic: lockmgr: thread ... not exclusive lock owner' 6 problems total. Non-critical problems S Tracker Resp. Description -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o alpha/25284 alpha PC164 won't reboot with graphics console o alpha/38031 alpha osf1.ko not loaded during boot-time of linux-emu enabl o alpha/48676 alpha Changing the baud rate of serial consoles for Alpha sy o alpha/50868 alpha fd0 floppy device is not mapped into /dev (XP1000) Fre o alpha/66478 alpha unexpected machine check: panic for 4.9, 4.10, 5.2 or o alpha/67903 alpha hw.chipset.memory: 1099511627776 - thats way to much : 6 problems total. From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 27 17:50:02 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C03A316A419 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:50:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFEC713C46A for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:50:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id lARHo2ib019461 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:50:02 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id lARHo2GQ019460; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:50:02 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:50:02 GMT Message-Id: <200711271750.lARHo2GQ019460@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org From: dfilter@FreeBSD.org (dfilter service) Cc: Subject: Re: alpha/75317: commit references a PR X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: dfilter service List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:50:02 -0000 The following reply was made to PR alpha/75317; it has been noted by GNATS. From: dfilter@FreeBSD.ORG (dfilter service) To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: alpha/75317: commit references a PR Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:43:56 +0000 (UTC) jhb 2007-11-27 17:43:50 UTC FreeBSD src repository Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_6) sys/alpha/alpha busdma_machdep.c Log: Cleanup the alpha bus dma code a bit and sync it up with i386. Changes include: - Honor alignment and boundary restrictions on DMA tags by using bounce pages for misaligned buffers and not coalescing pages if the resulting segment would cross a boundary. - Teach the _bus_dmamap_load_buffer() helper function to use bounce pages when needed and change bus_dmamap_load() to use the helper function instead of largely duplicating it. As a side effect, this enables bounce page support for the other load routines (load_mbuf(), load_mbuf_sg(), and load_uio()). Honoring the boundary restrictions partially helps with the Alpha ATA DMA problem. More work is needed for that however (and forthcoming). PR: alpha/75317 Tested by: wilko Approved by: re (kensmith) Revision Changes Path 1.51.2.2 +155 -158 src/sys/alpha/alpha/busdma_machdep.c _______________________________________________ cvs-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "cvs-all-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 28 19:21:39 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE51016A417 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:21:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from speedfactory.net (mail6.speedfactory.net [66.23.216.219]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EAB213C4D9 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:21:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (unverified [66.23.211.162]) by speedfactory.net (SurgeMail 3.8p) with ESMTP id 221701464-1834499 for multiple; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:03:04 -0500 Received: from localhost.corp.yahoo.com (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lASJ4gB9031042; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:04:54 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: alpha@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:03:18 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200711281403.18563.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]); Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:04:55 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/4943/Wed Nov 28 11:41:29 2007 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: Francisco =?iso-8859-1?q?Jos=E9_Nina_Rente?= Subject: ATA DMA patch X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:21:39 -0000 Ok, so I have a patch for the ATA DMA problems relative to the fixes I just checked into RELENG_6 and RELENG_6_3. I'd really like to get these tested so that 6.3 will have working ATA DMA. I have a PWS machine locally, but it doesn't have a UDMA controller and I wasn't able to reproduce any corruption locally. So to test this can people first verify that they get corruption with the existing up-to-date RELENG_6 code and then see if this patch makes it go away? Note that the workaround is currently only enabled for the CIA chipsets (such as in the PWS boxes). I know at least some other boxes (like some PC164 boxes) also have an issue, but you can test those by forcing busdma_pyxis_bug to be 1. If it does work we can come up with some way to enable the workaround on PC164/2100, etc. boxes as well. --- //depot/vendor/freebsd_6/src/sys/alpha/alpha/busdma_machdep.c 2007/11/27 17:47:17 +++ //depot/user/jhb/alpha_busdma/sys/alpha/alpha/busdma_machdep.c 2007/11/28 14:21:01 @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ STAILQ_ENTRY(bounce_page) links; }; -int busdma_swi_pending; +int busdma_pyxis_bug, busdma_swi_pending; static struct mtx bounce_lock; static STAILQ_HEAD(bp_list, bounce_page) bounce_page_list; @@ -514,6 +514,22 @@ vm_offset_t vaddr; bus_addr_t paddr; int seg; + bus_size_t boundary; + bus_size_t maxsegsz; + + /* + * Enforce a boundary of 8k for buffers that aren't allocated + * via bus_dmamem_alloc() on systems with the Pyxis pass 1 DMA + * bug. This is somewhat gross. + */ + boundary = dmat->boundary; + maxsegsz = dmat->maxsegsz; + if (busdma_pyxis_bug && map != &nobounce_dmamap) { + if (boundary == 0 || boundary > 8192) + boundary = 8192; + if (boundary < maxsegsz) + maxsegsz = boundary; + } /* * If we are being called during a callback, pagesneeded will @@ -566,7 +582,7 @@ vaddr = (vm_offset_t)buf; lastaddr = *lastaddrp; - bmask = ~(dmat->boundary - 1); + bmask = ~(boundary - 1); for (seg = *segp; buflen > 0 ; ) { /* @@ -587,8 +603,8 @@ /* * Make sure we don't cross any boundaries. */ - if (dmat->boundary > 0) { - baddr = (curaddr + dmat->boundary) & bmask; + if (boundary > 0) { + baddr = (curaddr + boundary) & bmask; if (sgsize > (baddr - curaddr)) sgsize = (baddr - curaddr); } @@ -611,8 +627,8 @@ first = 0; } else { if (curaddr == lastaddr && - (segs[seg].ds_len + sgsize) <= dmat->maxsegsz && - (dmat->boundary == 0 || + (segs[seg].ds_len + sgsize) <= maxsegsz && + (boundary == 0 || (segs[seg].ds_addr & bmask) == (curaddr & bmask))) segs[seg].ds_len += sgsize; else { --- //depot/vendor/freebsd_6/src/sys/alpha/include/md_var.h 2005/12/09 17:45:51 +++ //depot/user/jhb/alpha_busdma/sys/alpha/include/md_var.h 2007/11/25 14:02:05 @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ #endif extern long Maxmem; extern int busdma_swi_pending; +extern int busdma_pyxis_bug; extern struct rpb *hwrpb; extern volatile int mc_expected; extern volatile int mc_received; --- //depot/vendor/freebsd_6/src/sys/alpha/pci/cia.c 2005/12/09 17:45:51 +++ //depot/user/jhb/alpha_busdma/sys/alpha/pci/cia.c 2007/11/25 14:02:05 @@ -490,6 +490,7 @@ ctrl &= ~(CTRL_RD_TYPE|CTRL_RL_TYPE|CTRL_RM_TYPE); REGVAL(CIA_CSR_CTRL) = ctrl; alpha_mb(); + busdma_pyxis_bug = 1; } #endif -- John Baldwin From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 30 10:14:44 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FECD16A421 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:14:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ruzsinszky.attila@gmail.com) Received: from el-out-1112.google.com (el-out-1112.google.com [209.85.162.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBE9313C457 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:14:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ruzsinszky.attila@gmail.com) Received: by el-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id r27so1091892ele for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:14:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; bh=NHM17W/B0MGPAH9XyEp+ZRan9o8JdPYc2NUQmYQM43o=; b=yFb7XgmEkJ5dnR06t34YP7szv1Ll0PIT5WdN5yx43nOl4IRKHtzxLWw9tKFACvcfz04kIX8FichT78ilnaejGz23UEA9NusbU1w6Kmx2f6QgPBgX9m5UZT7b7BO27XTEXxfT/Cr2w7lZ4ABYhLf+bEQEOBCjhQcjwkakP7cfuS8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=RYQXfLraXZVCddYV7JD+wGrFoPV+krfbjzJthoWVguHRGjbRB1vTGnvVULV12sUsfop8vK4s5tdiNOalwWId+NiBIgxXhxk+dpXzzU8NC9w+cnbXHDrtpKWjvDEWlALuPSPRUKsgp/pSLL69L3xX0xDJZPO4VRu8o/o0s1KsXI8= Received: by 10.142.217.17 with SMTP id p17mr2358132wfg.1196416237045; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:50:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.104.2 with HTTP; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:50:37 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:50:37 +0100 From: "Ruzsinszky Attila" To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Starting FreeBSD from AlphaBIOS X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:14:44 -0000 Hi, Can I start my FreeBSD from AlphaBIOS? If yes, how? Or how can I switch back to SRM from AlphaBIOS? I'm on the serial console and after I started AlphaBIOS I just can push the reset button on the machine. And if am I far from the machine? TIA, Ruzsi From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 30 15:48:07 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5012116A417 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:48:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS0=K3oRgv=QX=alasir.com=walter@yourhostingaccount.com) Received: from mailout12.yourhostingaccount.com (mailout12.yourhostingaccount.com [65.254.253.101]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2647213C459 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:48:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS0=K3oRgv=QX=alasir.com=walter@yourhostingaccount.com) Received: from mailscan02.yourhostingaccount.com ([10.1.15.2] helo=mailscan02.yourhostingaccount.com) by mailout12.yourhostingaccount.com with esmtp (Exim) id 1Iy7as-0002iT-BZ for alpha@freebsd.org; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:15:54 -0500 Received: from impout03.yourhostingaccount.com ([10.1.55.3] helo=impout03.yourhostingaccount.com) by mailscan02.yourhostingaccount.com with esmtp (Exim) id 1Iy7as-0004tV-3V for alpha@freebsd.org; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:15:54 -0500 Received: from webmail01.yourhostingaccount.com ([10.1.16.1]) by impout03.yourhostingaccount.com with NO UCE id K3Ft1Y00701NXgy0000000; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:15:53 -0500 X-EN-OrigOutIP: 10.1.16.1 X-EN-IMPSID: K3Ft1Y00701NXgy0000000 Received: from [91.124.49.157] by webmail01.yourhostingaccount.com via HTTP; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:15:52 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Paul V. Bolotoff To: alpha@freebsd.org X-Origin: 91.124.49.157 Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:15:49 -0500 Message-Id: <1556.1196435749@alasir.com> X-Mailer: AtMail 4.61 - 91.124.49.157 - walter@alasir.com Sender: Paul V. Bolotoff Cc: Subject: Re: Starting FreeBSD from AlphaBIOS X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: walter@alasir.com List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:48:07 -0000 As much as I'm aware of, you cannot. There is a Linux trick with a small DOS partition sized at about 1Mb which is right enough for a loader (linload.ex= e + MILO) to fit. This is a floppy disk typically. Not the most elegant approac= h, but it works. However, it's the only way to make use of some Alpha hardware (AlphaBIOS only, no SRM console at all). Paul On Fri Nov 30 9:50 , 'Ruzsinszky Attila' sen= t: >Hi, > >Can I start my FreeBSD from AlphaBIOS? If yes, how? >Or how can I switch back to SRM from AlphaBIOS? > >I'm on the serial console and after I started AlphaBIOS >I just can push the reset button on the machine. And if am I >far from the machine? > >TIA, >Ruzsi >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-alpha >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-alpha-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 30 18:10:56 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EC5716A421 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:10:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ntarmos@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr (poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr [150.140.141.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B498F13C459 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:10:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ntarmos@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr (unknown [10.1.0.143]) by poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 419B4EB473E for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:48:13 +0200 (EET) Received: from localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12C1115872F for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:48:13 +0200 (EET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ceid.upatras.gr Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id BjPhwv0tPQdw for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:48:12 +0200 (EET) Received: from ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr (vfppp079167010191.dsl.hol.gr [79.167.10.191]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id B24ED15861F for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:48:12 +0200 (EET) Received: by ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 0D16F3F40F; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:48:11 +0200 (EET) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:48:10 +0200 From: Nikos Ntarmos To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071130174810.GA12640@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: NetCInS Lab., C.E.I.D., U. of Patras, Greece WWW-Homepage: http://ntarmos.dyndns.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9680 60A7 DE60 0298 B1F0 9B22 9BA2 7569 CF95 160A Office-Phone: +30-2610-996919 Office-Fax: +30-2610-969011 GPS-Info: 38.31N, 21.82E User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (FreeBSD) Subject: Re: Starting FreeBSD from AlphaBIOS X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:10:56 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 10:50:37AM +0100, Ruzsinszky Attila wrote: > Hi, > > Can I start my FreeBSD from AlphaBIOS? If yes, how? > Or how can I switch back to SRM from AlphaBIOS? > > I'm on the serial console and after I started AlphaBIOS > I just can push the reset button on the machine. And if am I > far from the machine? If you're going to run anything other than NT, you'd better go the SRM way. If your board doesn't have SRM loaded, head over to [1] for download and installation instructions. You will then be able to enter the AlphaBios setup program and select SRM from Utilities -> CMOS Setup - -> Advanced -> Console selection. Keep in mind that you'll need BSD-type disklabels on your boot disk, but that's ok with Linux and all BSDs. There is also a method to swith between AlphaBios and SRM; have a look at [2] (although that one pertains more to the linux folk). FWIW I switched my 164SX to SRM a decade ago and never looked back at AlphaBios since then... Some of the alpha boards didn't have enough space for both firmware images and you could have only one of them loaded at each time (and needed to flash the other one back, should you decide to change firmwares), so ymmv. \n\n [1] http://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/Alpha/firmware/readme.html [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-alpha/1999/04/msg00009.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Nikos Ntarmos iD8DBQFHUEzam6J1ac+VFgoRAprPAJ9Sfzs4XRt9VbnEHY/MzwFBXkikLACfZboA mD7avHA+bXHxd5lwT5JvdKA= =3nxS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 30 18:40:10 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7181316A46C for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:40:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ruzsinszky.attila@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB1F413C46A for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:40:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ruzsinszky.attila@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so5131948pyb for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:40:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=3AH4JbkqIzv/+uNONu2JKawxHIBm/pjI4MZZzaaI32Y=; b=CRpuhKc5Y4ZkrJ+dCcMaiGBTDFaggvE/gRRTJ6l7/7EFGbbagubXxGgm1ovpVGJJYiCaG6p/R7lEcUoF79b7rS9W6fwx1o+nktY1YxpINnlYB10PWZhAkwgV4CexbcvUjc9OvNnRqVU7wmf2zCyILbvQgNIfMJ3v0C+nMr+wjs0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Mxy5EL1zyJcnZL1GPVd48JyKBAyB/M9i/IDibaMBQ113u1k+5JyRUUVEnWRosjCVPvdem4CaPTxuFXXvdI8C89KSVW6FJ7xHa+Hd6yUDvkgsFQhxStu8dn2poaCVAV3t0x/VGmOk835YKqqcjsMLbfd7TaKgZqlknWI3gabF9o0= Received: by 10.142.179.12 with SMTP id b12mr945385wff.1196448003069; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:40:03 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.104.2 with HTTP; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:40:03 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:40:03 +0100 From: "Ruzsinszky Attila" To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20071130174810.GA12640@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20071130174810.GA12640@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> Subject: Re: Starting FreeBSD from AlphaBIOS X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:40:10 -0000 > If you're going to run anything other than NT, you'd better go the SRM It is the default, of course. > way. If your board doesn't have SRM loaded, head over to [1] for > download and installation instructions. You will then be able to enter > the AlphaBios setup program and select SRM from Utilities -> CMOS Setup > - -> Advanced -> Console selection. Keep in mind that you'll need BSD-type > disklabels on your boot disk, but that's ok with Linux and all BSDs. I will check it next monday. > There is also a method to swith between AlphaBios and SRM; have a look at > [2] (although that one pertains more to the linux folk). FWIW I switched > my 164SX to SRM a decade ago and never looked back at AlphaBios since > then... It will be checked, too. In the floppy drive now there is a floppy disk with ra200ecu.exe (and some other files related to Mylex RAID controller). Can I use this floppy disk? I don't understand exactly the mentioned sfdisk command. Of course there aren't any hdX drive in my machine just sdX. > Some of the alpha boards didn't have enough space for both firmware > images and you could have only one of them loaded at each time (and > needed to flash the other one back, should you decide to change > firmwares), so ymmv. After POS SRM is starting. From the >>> prompt I can start AlphaBIOS so I think I don't have to reflash in every time. The machine is: AS4000 TIA, Ruzsi From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 30 19:48:54 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABAB716A419 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:48:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ntarmos@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr (poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr [150.140.141.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D65613C47E for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:48:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ntarmos@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr (unknown [10.1.0.143]) by poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8C9FEB4C09 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:48:52 +0200 (EET) Received: from localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id B048B2B9A283 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:48:52 +0200 (EET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ceid.upatras.gr Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id P8pqXuBCC8B2 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:48:52 +0200 (EET) Received: from ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr (vfppp079167010191.dsl.hol.gr [79.167.10.191]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 642742B9A282 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:48:52 +0200 (EET) Received: by ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 30E8F3F40F; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:48:51 +0200 (EET) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:48:51 +0200 From: Nikos Ntarmos To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071130194851.GC38821@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org References: <20071130174810.GA12640@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: NetCInS Lab., C.E.I.D., U. of Patras, Greece WWW-Homepage: http://ntarmos.dyndns.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9680 60A7 DE60 0298 B1F0 9B22 9BA2 7569 CF95 160A Office-Phone: +30-2610-996919 Office-Fax: +30-2610-969011 GPS-Info: 38.31N, 21.82E User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (FreeBSD) Subject: Re: Starting FreeBSD from AlphaBIOS X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:48:54 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 07:40:03PM +0100, Ruzsinszky Attila wrote: > > If you're going to run anything other than NT, you'd better go the > > SRM > It is the default, of course. > > > way. If your board doesn't have SRM loaded, head over to [1] for > > download and installation instructions. You will then be able to > > enter the AlphaBios setup program and select SRM from Utilities -> > > CMOS Setup - -> Advanced -> Console selection. Keep in mind that > > you'll need BSD-type disklabels on your boot disk, but that's ok > > with Linux and all BSDs. > I will check it next monday. > > > There is also a method to swith between AlphaBios and SRM; have a > > look at [2] (although that one pertains more to the linux folk). > > FWIW I switched my 164SX to SRM a decade ago and never looked back > > at AlphaBios since then... > It will be checked, too. > In the floppy drive now there is a floppy disk with ra200ecu.exe (and > some other files related to Mylex RAID controller). Can I use this > floppy disk? > > I don't understand exactly the mentioned sfdisk command. Of course > there aren't any hdX drive in my machine just sdX. The thing is that AlphaBios doesn't understand bsd-style disklabels, so if you want to be able to switch between the two and boot your system from both, you have to do that trick so that both of them will be able to read your partition table. > > Some of the alpha boards didn't have enough space for both firmware > > images and you could have only one of them loaded at each time (and > > needed to flash the other one back, should you decide to change > > firmwares), so ymmv. > After POS SRM is starting. From the >>> prompt I can start AlphaBIOS > so I think I don't have to reflash in every time. The machine is: > AS4000 Ummm... So you already have SRM loaded and it is the default firmware? If yes, have a look at the FreeBSD handbook[1] and/or the alpha installation instructions for your release of choice (e.g. [2] for 6.2R) for ways to boot your machine and to install FreeBSD on it, respectively. \n\n [1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html [2] http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.2R/installation-alpha.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Nikos Ntarmos iD8DBQFHUGkim6J1ac+VFgoRAt9IAJ9jp4O1mynI6TBsbGjbTLRTXLVHGwCfX11v uN4nTr3fjCmcETPSPwx6Fe8= =sx// -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 30 20:03:57 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0840E16A468 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:03:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ruzsinszky.attila@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE29113C45B for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:03:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ruzsinszky.attila@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id l8so1796752nzf for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:03:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=2yd5w9Zw+P54rIVu2e6WHTFMmca82Yd2w5yHy9YLbRg=; b=iMUW5Yb6IB43A9GphPffZW5vI3XBTkOh+obmrrHw9xtUJwFcn+GNXXfmgo3m3XyfSH6EGkBODmh2XK3cewcAlR0w7ZAfwsJ8FJeEicCU5FZZuxVq/WdspnfaM1DDsSQM3KQNYs4Rycd5KLpFSANeFFXFu8sunmI2FLaApoTsGVk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=CT2aRDPgn+fAPI2+cUBjov3IvfwLSj/xouf3xxsKY24kMBMwGhc00g4bOZZMURIy0ej4QxDxeQeT4Ih2d6IMLgUw1IPYghBmatVeMZY5dm7UPqyFgGLHycZEbcDGqN7Y6NegjfmuC40jAd9J51yWDLkpu/CJTOinQflo4Fh3TZI= Received: by 10.142.191.2 with SMTP id o2mr1005210wff.1196453035275; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:03:55 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.104.2 with HTTP; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:03:55 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:03:55 +0100 From: "Ruzsinszky Attila" To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20071130194851.GC38821@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20071130174810.GA12640@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> <20071130194851.GC38821@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> Subject: Re: Starting FreeBSD from AlphaBIOS X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:03:57 -0000 > Ummm... So you already have SRM loaded and it is the default firmware? Yes. > If yes, have a look at the FreeBSD handbook[1] and/or the alpha > installation instructions for your release of choice (e.g. [2] for > 6.2R) for ways to boot your machine and to install FreeBSD on it, > respectively. FreeBSD is running. I think you don't understand my problem. RAID firmware is on the floppy disk. How can I start it from SRM? I don't know. filename is: ra200rcu.exe If I want to configure my RAID controller I have to start AlphaBIOS from SRM. It is not problem. >From the AlphaBIOS I can start the named file from the floppy. It is all right. When I finish my work with RAID controller I exit from RCU sw. I will be again in AlphaBIOS. How can I go back to SRM without pusing the RESET button? (I'm on the serial console which is connected to a terminal server.) How can I reset the machine in this state like init in SRM? That is the problem. SRM is a must because on the other disks there are a VMS, NetBSD and I want to choose among them. TIA, Ruzsi From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 30 22:42:25 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4050D16A418 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:42:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ntarmos@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr (poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr [150.140.141.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B072B13C461 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:42:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ntarmos@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr (unknown [10.1.0.143]) by poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id A262EEB4BBE for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 00:42:23 +0200 (EET) Received: from localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BC1B1583A2 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 00:42:23 +0200 (EET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ceid.upatras.gr Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id uZOFxY9Y7c9Z for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 00:42:23 +0200 (EET) Received: from ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr (vfppp079167010191.dsl.hol.gr [79.167.10.191]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4892B158964 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 00:42:23 +0200 (EET) Received: by ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix, from userid 1001) id EFFBB3F40F; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 00:42:20 +0200 (EET) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 00:42:20 +0200 From: Nikos Ntarmos To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071130224220.GA50030@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org References: <20071130174810.GA12640@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> <20071130194851.GC38821@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: NetCInS Lab., C.E.I.D., U. of Patras, Greece WWW-Homepage: http://ntarmos.dyndns.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9680 60A7 DE60 0298 B1F0 9B22 9BA2 7569 CF95 160A Office-Phone: +30-2610-996919 Office-Fax: +30-2610-969011 GPS-Info: 38.31N, 21.82E User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (FreeBSD) Subject: Re: Starting FreeBSD from AlphaBIOS X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:42:25 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 09:03:55PM +0100, Ruzsinszky Attila wrote: > > Ummm... So you already have SRM loaded and it is the default firmware? > Yes. > > > If yes, have a look at the FreeBSD handbook[1] and/or the alpha > > installation instructions for your release of choice (e.g. [2] for > > 6.2R) for ways to boot your machine and to install FreeBSD on it, > > respectively. > FreeBSD is running. I think you don't understand my problem. > > RAID firmware is on the floppy disk. > How can I start it from SRM? I don't know. filename is: ra200rcu.exe > > If I want to configure my RAID controller I have to start AlphaBIOS from SRM. > It is not problem. > >From the AlphaBIOS I can start the named file from the floppy. It is all right. > When I finish my work with RAID controller I exit from RCU sw. I will be > again in AlphaBIOS. How can I go back to SRM without pusing the RESET > button? (I'm on the serial console which is connected to a terminal server.) > How can I reset the machine in this state like init in SRM? > That is the problem. > > SRM is a must because on the other disks there are a VMS, NetBSD and > I want to choose among them. Ok... I had completely misunderstood your problem. My AlphaBios machines are 250km away and off at the moment, so I can't check it out (and I haven't used alphabios for ages). OTOH AS4x00s come with RMC, although you have to power it (there is an inlet by the keyboard plug where you should connect a 9-12V DC adapter). If that is already there, try typing rmc. That will take you to the RMC's prompt, where you can type 'reset' and the system will reboot. If you don't have any DC adapter there but intend to remotely administer this machine, perhaps it would be a good idea to add one. Cheers... \n\n -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Nikos Ntarmos iD8DBQFHUJHMm6J1ac+VFgoRApOPAJ9aACopU2iAm6J6cswGbat1srrxCQCeJ+7+ fL7KpGGBEjxNOruOCR/VW+c= =xfKh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 1 11:58:43 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 421D616A4B3 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 11:58:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ruzsinszky.attila@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0293713C448 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 11:58:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ruzsinszky.attila@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so3691638waf for ; Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:58:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=vEpPrLA6JXJCRylWroXlr+zQMvQkccEEqA4lv6q6T+o=; b=X2xYOVGOjQ2uNooh26aRWMi/0vTGIbT/4ElICHyQw/U2wfOJ+UIdQ7imKDqYKbGfVMJUyPqd1mVv/A80N+pNQaMfdfJ2158aJiqADPSBc+PtGogHPox/WieAR1avK8WGvlptf9SW4zhLkR3SHKTTiLhh2LVsJMBrHt/CfC/8sxQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=XLV7iIKHCO8jgkdYZPy1nTXiBO/kkEOJp/RslCcnoR0dlqD59FpTjW18a/f2r7LgEtlkN0jf/TpaZTxck8q4YsNaVMG+Ijl709OfBSgbz6VROW0rOdzKHwOWwcg7FbBkQHO3An0uwODW4Ng7FUkfb8Nlv0bFEdTAH9rsp4FTFsk= Received: by 10.142.155.4 with SMTP id c4mr1868570wfe.1196510321539; Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:58:41 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.104.2 with HTTP; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 03:58:41 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 12:58:41 +0100 From: "Ruzsinszky Attila" To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20071130224220.GA50030@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20071130174810.GA12640@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> <20071130194851.GC38821@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> <20071130224220.GA50030@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> Subject: Re: Starting FreeBSD from AlphaBIOS X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:58:44 -0000 > haven't used alphabios for ages). OTOH AS4x00s come with RMC, although > you have to power it (there is an inlet by the keyboard plug where you I think there is RMC. > should connect a 9-12V DC adapter). If that is already there, try typing > rmc. That will take you to the RMC's prompt, where you How can I do this from a Linux minicom console session? Of course there is console keyboard which is connectet to the server but I'm away 100kms from the machine some time. Do you have any tips for starting ra200ecu.exe from SRM? TIA, Ruzsi From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 1 19:47:00 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82B4B16A41B for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 19:47:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ntarmos@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr (poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr [150.140.141.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA6D013C468 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 19:46:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ntarmos@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr (unknown [10.1.0.143]) by poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC835EB4D83 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 21:46:58 +0200 (EET) Received: from localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBAEC158C40 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 21:46:58 +0200 (EET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ceid.upatras.gr Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ClQI6slJstHx for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 21:46:58 +0200 (EET) Received: from ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr (vfppp079167010191.dsl.hol.gr [79.167.10.191]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69702158935 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 21:46:58 +0200 (EET) Received: by ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix, from userid 1001) id AE3D43F457; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 21:46:54 +0200 (EET) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 21:46:54 +0200 From: Nikos Ntarmos To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071201194654.GA31644@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org References: <20071130174810.GA12640@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> <20071130194851.GC38821@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> <20071130224220.GA50030@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: NetCInS Lab., C.E.I.D., U. of Patras, Greece WWW-Homepage: http://ntarmos.dyndns.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9680 60A7 DE60 0298 B1F0 9B22 9BA2 7569 CF95 160A Office-Phone: +30-2610-996919 Office-Fax: +30-2610-969011 GPS-Info: 38.31N, 21.82E User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (FreeBSD) Subject: Re: Starting FreeBSD from AlphaBIOS X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:47:00 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 12:58:41PM +0100, Ruzsinszky Attila wrote: > > haven't used alphabios for ages). OTOH AS4x00s come with RMC, although > > you have to power it (there is an inlet by the keyboard plug where you > I think there is RMC. > > > should connect a 9-12V DC adapter). If that is already there, try typing > > rmc. That will take you to the RMC's prompt, where you > How can I do this from a Linux minicom console session? > Of course there is console keyboard which is connectet to the server but I'm > away 100kms from the machine some time. My fault. That should read: try typing rmc at the serial console. You can use control-[ for escape. > Do you have any tips for starting ra200ecu.exe from SRM? Sorry, none. Even the relevant doc bits over at ftp.digital.com[1] suggest going into arc/alphabios and running ra200rcu.exe from there. BTW you could burn those files to a CD and run the utilities from there; that should prove better than floppies in the long run, given that you will admin this computer remotely and you don't intend to have some other cdrom in your drive all the time. \n\n [1] ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/alphaserver/storage/controllers/kzpac/rcu_ug.pdf -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Nikos Ntarmos iD8DBQFHUboum6J1ac+VFgoRAlaWAJ9ecBEVgw21gyaTQTbr/4+m1ezCSQCfVZZh K+Xk8hy4/5Xlwl8/saktJWI= =HWxK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 1 19:53:43 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEEDD16A421 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 19:53:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ruzsinszky.attila@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85D6513C4CE for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 19:53:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ruzsinszky.attila@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so3981791waf for ; Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:53:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=2y/2bgFcQ0b+SxZDFjXQqWC2GJoTCqQk17v4p+r0hzw=; b=NfT4gPSSssQa8PuZxJprblc2v3cl8fgSh6/+aKCdHgcig06EDyTqLGLAwSGH1Ry1xsQ2PRlXQtqUQOcQ+Gh42QfuraXcup7Yv+yeZD+cYoR6Y4VXq8MRWSXkbZBAp2TZpVZpD/vT5jiOkMUojVEU48Fg0xvDDILu8K3+8PLcPY4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=W0x97RmjXImKjvfVztqwq77iUHCylv7gBwGzbhl8vLyJxueDfPeJewqRwDV134POxqVek/CQNSjHoLZZ4LrTqrOIj+PGv1GKvGivU2sDilDGETSAqfCGg2HLdwNXI1Ls9eWlktCOSE0wU3FfwG+yvWIUSQHOW4vhhAXZ8iLQytc= Received: by 10.142.154.20 with SMTP id b20mr1626579wfe.1196538822900; Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:53:42 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.104.2 with HTTP; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 11:53:42 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 20:53:42 +0100 From: "Ruzsinszky Attila" To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20071201194654.GA31644@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20071130174810.GA12640@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> <20071130194851.GC38821@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> <20071130224220.GA50030@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> <20071201194654.GA31644@ace.netcins.ceid.upatras.gr> Subject: Re: Starting FreeBSD from AlphaBIOS X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:53:43 -0000 > My fault. That should read: try typing rmc at the serial > console. You can use control-[ for escape. OK. I'll make a try. > > Do you have any tips for starting ra200ecu.exe from SRM? > > Sorry, none. Even the relevant doc bits over at ftp.digital.com[1] > suggest going into arc/alphabios and running ra200rcu.exe from there. Yes, I did this. But I couldn't go back or boot my FreeBSD. > BTW you could burn those files to a CD and run the utilities from there; OK, I know this possibilities. TIA, Ruzsi