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Date:      Fri, 12 Apr 2019 21:51:36 -0700
From:      Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com>
To:        FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: usefdt boot mode on 2-socket/1-core-each G5 PowerMac7, 2: visible progress (using vt, not sc), new visible stopping point
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[More details on where the failure stage is.]

On 2019-Apr-12, at 20:49, Mark Millard <marklmi at yahoo.com> wrote:

> [I experiment with more modern tools and such for targeting
> powerpc64. Also with non-default modern modes of operation,
> such as usefdt mode. I had to patch the openfirmware->fdt
> translation to allow a 2-socket/1-core-each G4 PowerMac3,6
> to boot normally, with the ethernet present (and operable).]
>=20
> Turns out that I had been using:
>=20
> kern.vty=3Dsc
>=20
> and for some reason this stops visible output just after
> "Kernel entry at . . .". (I've no clue if there is hidden
> activity vs. it just stopped there.) But with:
>=20
> kern.vty=3Dvt
>=20
> the PowerMac7,2 visibly gets farther, though it fails
> to finish booting in usefdt mode.
>=20
> The new visible stopping point is (typed from a picture
> of boot -v output for usefdt mode):
>=20
> atapci1: <ServerWorks K2 SATA150 controller> at device 12.1 on pci8
> pcib1: failed to reserve resource for pcib8
> pcib8: failed to allocate initial I/O port window (0-0xffffffff,0x10)
> atapci1: 0x10 bytes of rid 0x28 res 4 failed (0, 0xffffffffffffffff).
> atapci1: unable to map interrupt
> device_attach: atapci1 attach returned 6
> ofwbus0: <vsp> mem 0xf9000000-0xf9ffffff irq 43 type vsp compat u3-vsp =
(no driver attached)
> cryptosoft0: <software crypto> on nexus0
> crypto: assign cryptosoft0 driver id 0, flags 0x6000000
>=20
> (I'll not repeat the long list of crypto registers/alg/flags/maxoplen =
lines.)
>=20
> Later material below suggests that the above is not the
> cause of stopping: a non-usefdt boot finishes but also
> has such text.
>=20
> Of course some material scrolled off screen. So from
> attempting booting again, but without -v , there is
> before the above:
>=20
> atapci0: <ServerWorks K2 SATA150 controller> mem 0x80600000-0x80601fff =
irq 33554432 at device 12.0 on pci8
> pcib1: failed to reserve resource for pcib8
> atapci0: 0x10 bytes of rid 0x20 res 4 failed (0, 0xffffffffffffffff).
> ata2: <ATA channel> at channel 0 on atapci0
> ata3: <ATA channel> at channel 1 on atapci0
> ata4: <ATA channel> at channel 2 on atapci0
> ata5: <ATA channel> at channel 3 on atapci0
>=20
>=20
> A non-usefdt mode (so normal openfirmware mode) boot works
> and shows similar output:
>=20
> atapci0: <ServerWorks K2 SATA150 controller> mem 0x80600000-0x80601fff =
irq 33554432 at device 12.0 on pci8
> pcib1: failed to reserve resource for pcib8
> atapci0: 0x10 bytes of rid 0x20 res 4 failed (0, 0xffffffffffffffff).
> ata2: <ATA channel> at channel 0 on atapci0
> ata3: <ATA channel> at channel 1 on atapci0
> ata4: <ATA channel> at channel 2 on atapci0
> ata5: <ATA channel> at channel 3 on atapci0
> atapci1: <ServerWorks K2 SATA150 controller> at device 12.1 on pci8
> pcib1: failed to reserve resource for pcib8
> atapci1: 0x10 bytes of rid 0x20 res 4 failed (0, 0xffffffffffffffff).
> atapci1: unable to map interrupt
> device_attach: atapci1 attach returned 6
> cryptosoft0: <software crypto> on nexus0
>=20
> This suggests that such text is normal and the hangup is
> for some other reason. It just suggests a time frame.
>=20
> After that for non-usefdt mode is:
>=20
> Timecounter "timebase" frequency 33333333 Hz quality 0
> Event timer "decrementer" frequency 33333333 Hz quality 1000
> Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
>=20
> and so on. Such does not show up for usefdt mode.




subsystem 3800000
   configure_first(0)... done.
   module_register_init(&ata_moduledata)... done.
   fbd_evh_init(0)... done.
   module_register_init(&cam_moduledata)... done.
   configure(0)... ofwbus0: <Open Firmware Device Tree> on nexus0
. . .
cryptosoft0: <software crypto> on nexus0
done.
   cn_drvinit(0)... done.
   mpt_postattach(0)... done.
   cn_drvinit(0)... done.
   vmem_start_callout(0)... done.
   vm_lowmem_evh_init(0)... done.
   mountroot_evh_init(0)... done.
   ifaddr_event_ext_evh_init(0)... done.
   configure_final(0)...=20

(That is the end of the output.)

So during:

SI_SUB_CONFIGURE        =3D 0x3800000,    /* Configure devices */

for:

static void
configure_final(void *dummy)
{

        /*
         * Now that we're guaranteed to have a PIC driver (or we'll =
never
         * have one), program it with all the previously setup =
interrupts.
         */
        powerpc_enable_intr();

        /* Enable external interrupts. */
        mtmsr(mfmsr() | PSL_EE);

        cninit_finish();
        cold =3D 0;
}




=3D=3D=3D
Mark Millard
marklmi at yahoo.com
( dsl-only.net went
away in early 2018-Mar)




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