Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 14:15:39 -0500 From: Chris Orr <chris@manual-override.net> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gem0 not working on sparc64 current Message-ID: <3EF8A35B.1080002@manual-override.net> References: <20030624183520.99348.qmail@web14204.mail.yahoo.com> <20030624184541.GS57612@funkthat.com>
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Hey, Is there any word on using both gem0 and gem1? Thanks! -chris John-Mark Gurney wrote: >Thomas McIntyre wrote this message on Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 11:35 -0700: > > >>Anybody know why recent CURRENT kernels have switched gem0 on my >>sparc64 Netra from the physical port marked 0 to the one marked 1? >>The same thing happened when testing the install of gentoo sparc64, >>but 5.1 had it right on RELEASE; it just recently flip flopped. >> >> > >You can blame me for that. On the -RELEASE, not all machines were >probing the second gem device. So, I fixed this, but since we do >our own enumeration of PCI (tmm has patches to use OFW), your port 1 >is now being probed before port 0 causing the switch. > > > >>It took some head scratching before figuring out to try plugging the >>patch cable into the other port. >> >> > >My fault for not posting a heads up to -sparc64 about that. > > > >>2) It would appear that fdisk and disklabel don't work. Going back >>to the install program to partition the second disk is what caused >>the installation havoc above. Anybody know how sysinstall does it's >>dirty work? I'm trying to setup vinum and would rather not bounce >>through the menu. >> >> > >sunlabel is your friend. on Sparc64, fdisk is not useful (only on x86 >similar systems), and disklabel has been removed in preference to bsdlabel >and sunlabel. > >I can't address your other issues, maybe someone else can? > > >
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