From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailserv2.iuinc.com (IDENT:qmailr@mailserv2.iuinc.com [206.245.164.55]) by puffin.external.hp.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id OAA19758 for ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 14:13:42 -0700 Sender: plattner@dns2.dot.at Message-ID: <3A6F45A4.2613587@dot.at> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 22:14:12 +0100 From: Christoph Plattner MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Grant Grundler CC: Christoph Plattner , parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] One more step: Interruption (trap) 18 on 9000/720 References: <200101241650.IAA20897@milano.cup.hp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii List-ID: Hello, again. What does this `SPIFI' mean? Is this a name of a person, or a technical expression, ... ? I read something at the E55 of "undocumented drivers" and so on, but I hoped somebody has a solution, and I myself am interested in helping writing drivers for that E55, as I really want to use it inclusive all 8 serial ports and SCSI ! With friendly regards Christoph Grant Grundler wrote: > > Christoph Plattner wrote: > > Further, can you tell me, how to use and where I can find > > the kernel debugger stuff. > > There is no kernel debugger (yet). I started working on one last year > based on "KWDB" from HPUX. I've added the kernel hooks (CONFIG_KWDB). > But I (a) didn't get it working and (b) didn't get permission to publish > the KWDB base. My advice is for someone to take the SGI KDB and make it > work for parisc-linux and changing CONFIG_KWDB to CONFIG_KDB. > > ... > > And now a very important question: > > --------------------------------- > > > > You seem to be the right man asking this. I also have an > > E55 server (9000/856) with those propriatary HP interfaces. > > For me the SCSI controller and the 8-port serial multiplxer > > (used for serial console on port-0) are the important > > key points. Is there no possibility to get them running ?? > > Is there really no documentation, etc... > > This is explained in the FAQ or HWDB "introduction" someplace. > Someone *in* HP has to care enough to review the documentation > and get it past the lawyers. I don't. Search the parisc-linux > mail archive for "SPIFI" if you want more... > > grant > > Grant Grundler > Unix Systems Enablement Lab > +1.408.447.7253 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe: send e-mail to parisc-linux-request@thepuffingroup.com with > `unsubscribe' as the subject. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- private: christoph.plattner@dot.at company: christoph.plattner@alcatel.at