Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 13:00:37 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, "Brent J. Nordquist" <bjn@visi.com>, John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD/Alpha make buildworld stops at groff Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9808231259180.2954-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <9098.903870165@time.cdrom.com>
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On Sun, 23 Aug 1998, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > How far do you get, exactly? Do you have an Intel or Cypress SIO? > > (show config from the SRM console prompt will tell you). > > Good question! ``show config'' just shows "Device: 2, Name: COM1, > Type: Embedded, Enabled: Yes, BaseAddr: 3f8, IRQ: 4, DMA: None" > [simimar entry for COM2, with the expected addr/IRQ diffs]. > > Not very instructive on the topic of chipsets and such. :( > > > One handy tip is to be absolutely certain to configure the root disk > > to match what you're actually using. It tends to blow up rather > > spectacularly when it cannot mount root / run init. > > It never gets far enough for that to be a problem. :) > > > Make sure to have 'options DDB' defined, then boot with the -d flag. > > That should drop you into ddb almost immediately after the kernel > > begins execution. > > OK, I've gotten this far now - I'll work on compiling up a gdb on the > x86 which understands alpha (Doug sent me a configure line earlier) > and start running serial cables. :) There is one in my home directory on freefall - ~dfr/alpha-unknown-linux-gdb.gz. I usually set up the com2 port for serial debugging which leaves com1 open for serial console etc. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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