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Date:      Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:14:13 +0100
From:      "Alexandre Vieira" <nullpt@gmail.com>
To:        "Gavin Atkinson" <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk>,  freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SunFire V210/V240 (UltraSparc IIIi) and FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <755cb9fc0610230914h16a639f5l6b491b0da9798945@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1161618250.13630.40.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk>
References:  <755cb9fc0610230745h3e3aa0d8y920d07e90d43eee6@mail.gmail.com> <1161618250.13630.40.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk>

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On 10/23/06, Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 15:45 +0100, Alexandre Vieira wrote:
> > Hello folks,
> >
> > Reading trough 6.1 hardware notes for the sparc64 port I can see that
> any
> > Ultrasparc III system is not supported. I have a bunch of these laying
> > around and would like to know if there is any usability in these systems
> > with freebsd. I've seen some reports of people bashing these V210/V240
> and
> > would like to know if anyone tried to do anything with this.
>
> There's an effort to get a Host-PCI bridge (Schizo/Tomatillo) driver
> working, but it's in very early days and may not ever fully materialise
> as there exists no documentation on the chipset so all that is available
> are Linux and OpenBSD driver source code, neither of which is
> particularly well documented or easy to follow.
>
> I currently have no spare test hardware, but hope to start hacking away
> again at some point in the future.
>
> But, as I say, don't get your hopes up.
>
> Gavin
>

Hello,

I'm unable to boot 6.2-BETA2 on a SunFire V210. It stalls in the start of
kernel boot:

ok boot cdrom

SC Alert: Host System has Reset

Sun Fire V210, No Keyboard
Copyright 1998-2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
OpenBoot 4.8.2, 1024 MB memory installed, Serial #54938997.
Ethernet address 0:3:ba:46:4d:75, Host ID: 83464d75.



Rebooting with command: boot cdrom
Boot device: /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/cdrom@0,0:f  File and args:

>> FreeBSD/sparc64 boot block
   Boot path:   /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/cdrom@0,0:f
   Boot loader: /boot/loader
Consoles: Open Firmware console
Boot path set to /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/cdrom@0,0:a

FreeBSD/sparc64 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.0
(root@s-dallas.cse.buffalo.edu, Mon Oct  2 04:28:55 UTC 2006)
bootpath="/pci@1e,600000/ide@d/cdrom@0,0:a"
Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
/boot/kernel/kernel data=0x52e108+0x5c5d8 syms=[0x8+0x6c438+0x8+0x59f6c]
|
Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel] in 4 seconds...

Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
OK boot kernel -v
/boot/kernel/kernel data=0x52e108+0x5c5d8 syms=[0x8+0x6c438+0x8+0x59f6c]
nothing to autoload yet.
jumping to kernel entry at 0xc0060000.
Copyright (c) 1992-2006 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
        The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 6.2-BETA2 #0: Mon Oct  2 13:42:46 UTC 2006
    root@s-dallas.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
Preloaded elf kernel "/boot/kernel/kernel" at 0xc0a54000.
Preloaded mfs_root "/boot/mfsroot" at 0xc0a541a0.
Timecounter "tick" frequency 1002000000 Hz quality 1000
real memory  = 1073741824 (1024 MB)
avail memory = 898465792 (856 MB)
machine: SUNW,Sun-Fire-V210
cpu0: Sun Microsystems UltraSparc-IIIi Processor (1002.00 MHz CPU)
  mask=0x24 maxtl=5 maxwin=7
wlan: <802.11 Link Layer>
ath_rate: version 1.2 <SampleRate bit-rate selection algorithm>
random: <entropy source, Software, Yarrow>
nfslock: pseudo-device
mem: <memory>
null: <null device, zero device>
openfirm: <Open Firmware control device>
ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413,
REGOPS_FUNC)
nexus0: <Open Firmware Nexus device>
nexus0: <memory-controller>, type memory-controller (no driver attached)
nexus0: <pci>, type pci (no driver attached)
nexus0: <pci>, type pci (no driver attached)
nexus0: <pci>, type pci (no driver attached)
nexus0: <pci>, type pci (no driver attached)
syscons0: no video adapter found.
nexus0: <syscons>, type (unknown) (no driver attached)
procfs registered
initalizing intr_countp
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
lo0: bpf attached
md0: Preloaded image </boot/mfsroot> 4194304 bytes at 0xc0650a98
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/md0
warning: no time-of-day clock registered, system time will not be set
accurately
start_init: trying /sbin/init
start_init: trying /sbin/oinit
start_init: trying /sbin/init.bak
start_init: trying /rescue/init
start_init: trying /stand/sysinstall


At this point the machine simply resets itself.

sc> showplatform -v
Domain   Status
------   ------
mct5-LTE OS Reset

Device  Version
------  -------
IMAX0   1.4
IMAX1   1.4
ADM1026 4.4
sc> showenvironment


=============== Environmental Status ===============


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
System Temperatures (Temperatures in Celsius):
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sensor         Status    Temp LowHard LowSoft LowWarn HighWarn HighSoft
HighHard
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MB.P0.T_CORE    OK         46     --      --      --     110      115
118
MB.T_ENC        OK         16     -6      -3       5      40       48
51

--------------------------------------
Front Status Panel:
--------------------------------------
Keyswitch position: Normal

--------------------------------------------------------
System Indicator Status:
--------------------------------------------------------
MB.LOCATE            MB.SERVICE           MB.ACT
--------------------------------------------------------
OFF                  OFF                  OFF

--------------------------------------------
System Disks:
--------------------------------------------
Disk   Status            Service  OK-to-Remove
--------------------------------------------
HDD0   OK                OFF      OFF
HDD1   OK                OFF      OFF

----------------------------------------------------------
Fans (Speeds Revolution Per Minute):
----------------------------------------------------------
Fan              Status           Speed   Low
----------------------------------------------------------
F0.RS            OK                9507  1000
F1.RS            OK                9440  1000
F2.RS            OK                9440  1000
F3.RS            OK                9712  1000
MB.P0.F0.RS      OK               17307  2000
MB.P0.F1.RS      OK               16875  2000

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Voltage sensors (in Volts):
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sensor         Status       Voltage LowSoft LowWarn HighWarn HighSoft
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MB.P0.V_CORE   OK             1.45      --    1.26    1.54       --
MB.P1.V_CORE   OK             1.41      --    1.26    1.54       --
MB.V_VTT       OK             1.29      --    1.17    1.43       --
MB.V_GBE_+2V5  OK             2.49      --    2.25    2.75       --
MB.V_GBE_CORE  OK             1.19      --    1.08    1.32       --
MB.V_VCCTM     OK             2.53      --    2.25    2.75       --
MB.V_+2V5      OK             2.60      --    2.34    2.86       --
MB.V_+1V5      OK             1.51      --    1.35    1.65       --
MB.BAT.V_BAT   OK             2.95      --    2.70      --       --

--------------------------------------------
Power Supply Indicators:
--------------------------------------------
Supply    Active  Service  OK-to-Remove
--------------------------------------------
PS0       ON      OFF      OFF

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Power Supplies:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Supply  Status          Underspeed  Overtemp  Overvolt  Undervolt
Overcurrent
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PS0     OK              OFF         OFF       OFF       OFF        OFF

----------------------
Current sensors:
----------------------
Sensor          Status
----------------------
MB.FF_SCSI       OK

sc>

Let me know if there is anything else I can try.

Regards,

-- 
Alexandre Vieira - nullpt@gmail.com



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