Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 20:49:01 -0800 (PST) From: Jon Passki <cykyc@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BTX halt error: pxe/etherboot voodoo? Message-ID: <20031127044901.82928.qmail@web40703.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20031126033405.82131.qmail@web40708.mail.yahoo.com>
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Self-reply... Etherboot had an alingment error for 3c90x that was fixed in 5.0.10. All works! Take care, Jon --- Jon Passki <cykyc@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a consistent error involving loader(8)... > > My Compaq Armada M700 laptop is connected through a docking > station. The station has a 3Com 3c905c TXM card w/ "Managed PC > Boot Agent (MBA) v4.00" and PXE 2.00. The BIOS and NIC are set > to > boot from the network first. > > Once booted, I have dhcpd setup with some vendor options to load > Etherboot's (v5.0.8) pxezloader. pxezloader then loads the > boot.menu file, and through the menus I have a choice to boot the > local harddrive. Also, I have enabled a more generic option in > Etherboot to boot the local harddrive. When either of these > choices are executed, the following happens: > > -) The boot0 menu appears and selects (or I select) the FreeBSD > partition > -) boot2 loads /boot/loader, which then found an exception > > > FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.8 > (root@dominique, Mon Sep 8 11:23:25 CDT 2003) > - > int=0000000d err=0000001a efl=00030202 eip=0000088f > eax=00000200 ebx=0000000c ecx=00000e54 edx=00000080 > esi=00000000 edi=00000000 ebp=00000000 esp=00000406 > cs=9d74 ds=0000 es=48ec fs=0000 gs=0000 ss=9dc2 > cs:eip=cc 40 00 ec 48 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 06 02 00 > ss:esp=38 91 00 00 c6 02 00 00-00 00 06 00 00 00 f3 4a > > > -) This error does not occur if I interrupt boot2 and have it > load > the kernel directly [i.e. 0:ad(0,a)/kernel]. The system boots > fine > > -) This error does not occur is I directly boot the harddrive by > either resetting the BIOS or NIC options to boot the local > harddrive first > > -) This error does not occur if I network boot a diskless FreeBSD > kernel > > -) The above register values have been the same on all observed > errors > > The system is a 4.9-PRERELEASE (Oct 26 2003), built on another > system. That system had the following in /etc/make.conf: > CPUTYPE=486 > XFREE86_VERSION=4 > NO_BIND=yes > NO_OPENSSH=yes > .undef PERL_VER > .undef PERL_VERSION > .undef PERL_ARCH > .undef NOPERL > .undef NO_PERL > > Etherboot modifications: > grep ^CFLAGS Config > CFLAGS32+= -DPCBIOS > CFLAGS32+= -DASK_BOOT=6 -DANS_DEFAULT=ANS_NETWORK > CFLAGS32+= -DALLOW_ONLY_ENCAPSULATED > CFLAGS32+= -DBACKOFF_LIMIT=7 -DCONGESTED > CFLAGS32+= -DCAN_BOOT_DISK > CFLAGS32+= -DTAGGED_IMAGE -DELF_IMAGE > CFLAGS32+= -DIMAGE_FREEBSD > CFLAGS32+= -DAOUT_IMAGE > CFLAGS32+= -DFREEBSD_KERNEL_ENV > CFLAGS32+= -Os -ffreestanding -fstrength-reduce > -fomit-frame-pointer -mcpu=i386 > CFLAGS32+= -malign-jumps=1 -malign-loops=1 > -malign-functions=1 > CFLAGS32+= -Wall -W -Wno-format -Wno-unused > > Etherboot build: > gmake bin32/3c905c-tpo.lzpxe > cp bin32/3c905c-tpo.lzpxe /tftpboot/ > > > The only thing that seems off is when pxezloader initially boots, > it displays its relocation address differently from the Makefile. > > The Makefile has RELOCADDR=0x94000 by default. When pxezloader > is > loaded, it displays (via main.c) reloc=0x9400, missing a zero at > the end. I've changed RELOCADDR to 0x74000 and 0x84000, with the > same exception error and register values. Both times, though, > reloc displayed 0x7400 and 0x8400 respectively. Setting > RELOCADDR > to 0x104000 upset Etherboot and it did not build successfully :-) > > Thoughts? > > Jon Passki > > p.s. I'm going to setup another box to exclude hardware issues > (e.g. flaky memory), just not tonight. When I do, I'll report > back. > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now > http://companion.yahoo.com/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/
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