From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 17 04:02:34 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9072E16A4CE for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 04:02:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpzilla5.xs4all.nl (smtpzilla5.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.141]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 802A543D55 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 04:02:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) i0HC2UQi060122; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 13:02:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i0HC2UvE028102; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 13:02:30 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id i0HC2UkP028101; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 13:02:30 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 13:02:30 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: "M. O." Message-ID: <20040117120230.GA28086@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <40091ACE.3020403@freesbee.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40091ACE.3020403@freesbee.fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-OS: FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Successfull install of 5.2 on AS600, some problems remain X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 12:02:34 -0000 On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 12:21:50PM +0100, M. O. wrote: Hi, As for the fpa FDDI problem: that is a long standing bug :-( W/ > 1. Successfull install of 5.2 on AS600 > I finally achieved to install FreeBSD on an alpha-station 600 5/333. > > As far as the internal CDROM didn't read burned CDs, I tried for 2 weeks > to install from floppies. > FreeBSD 4.8 was the only bootable version but hangs after SCSI > peripherals detection (though I preloaded ispfw for the Qlogic ISP > ultraWide card, I upgraded the SRM firmware to 7.2.2, I set the isp_mode > from fast to ultra, I set isp_mem_map=0xff as shown in HARDWARE.txt). > Other releases alpha floppies causes SRM to return "not a correct boot > sector". > > I took an old cd-buner (4x writespeed max), wrote a freebsd5.2-disc iso, > and the as600 cdrom read it! I think that the bunch of modules (even > uselessly loaded ones like usb) helped. > > 2. remaining problems > a. Some tools coredump, for example : > > /usr/bin/top : Segmentation fault (core dumped) and gdb /usr/bin/top > top.core says : > (gdb) bt > #0 0x1602464c8 in strlen () from /lib/libc.so.5 > #1 0x1601e79b4 in getpwent () from /lib/libc.so.5 > #2 0x1601cdf18 in yp_next () from /lib/libc.so.5 > > May be a bug in Nis ? > > b. Some modules hangs (the console , the kernel ?) > b1. Screen saver modules hang the kernel (no more ping nor keyboard) : > Is the TGA graphic card responsible? > b2. The freshly built kernel detects the PCI FDDI nic. > partial dump of pciconf -lv : > fpa0@pci0:7:0: class=0x020200 card=0x00000000 chip=0x000f1011 rev=0x00 > hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Digital Equipment Corporation' > device = 'FDDI "DEFPA"' > class = network > subclass = fddi > But ifconfig on fpa0 crashes the kernel. > > c. Text consoles is broken after running X. > The text consoles are in a bad refresh mode when switching from X > (Alt-F9) to text (F1-F8). > Should I find an other video card or switch the TGA 8bit planes to 80x25 > text mode with allscreen_flags? > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" ---end of quoted text--- -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org