From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Andrew - Sun MDE Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 21:12:19 +0000 Subject: Re: Booting An Ultra Sparc 10 Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: ultralinux@vger.kernel.org Stephan, You can make the Open Boot Prom skip the on-board graphics controller by doing the following: At the ok prompt type the following: 1) ok " setenv pcib-probe-list 1,3 " {This will mask out device "2"(m64b@2)on motherboard, and force the system to use the PCI graphics card instead.} 2) ok " reset " {This will store new entry into the nvram, so the PCI card is the console boot device.} That should work - we do that in our lab to test other graphics cards. David Andrew ---------------- > Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 19:56:55 +0000 > From: Stephan van Hienen > MIME-Version: 1.0 > To: ultralinux@vger.rutgers.edu, ddx@cable.a2000.nl > Subject: Booting An Ultra Sparc 10 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Orcpt: rfc822;ultralinux@vger.rutgers.edu > X-Loop: majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > > hi just wanted to install on an ultra sparc 10 > (300mhz ultra II with 320mb ram) > i'm doing the load with boot net > form an intel redhat 5.0 (p2) > > i shows linux 2.1.99 (or the .old image or .verryold) > 320mb ram > and that i use the ati controller (there is also an creator 3d inside, > but the monitor is on the oboard card) > > and it crashes : > > openboot 3.11 > > > Boot device /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/network@1,1 > > i tells me : > > Found cpu 0 > found 1 cpu prom device tree node(s). > Central: no central found. > Memory: 319560k available (1576k kernel code, 4432k data, 152 init) > [fffff80000000000,fffff80013f26000] > SBUS: No SBUS's found. > Console: colour SUNPCI 128x54, 16 point font, 864 scans > PCI: Probing for controllers > PCI: Found SABRE, main regs at ffff(5f)9fe00000000 > SABRE: PCI cofnfig space at fffff9fe01000000 > SABREL DVMA at c0000000 [2 [20000000] > > PCI: Probing PCI hardware > ebus0: fff......... > ebus1: fff........... > mach64_init: IOBASE[fffff9fe02c00100] MEMBASE[fffff9ffe1000000] > mah > mach64_init chip_type[4754], total_vram[00200000] > Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference<1>tsk->mm->context > 0000000000000000 > tsk->mm->pgd = fffff800000020000 > > (here a picture ) > > swapper(0):Oops > TSTATE: and then some registers > ...... > ....... > ....... > ....... > ...... > ....... > ....... > DUMP: > > Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idle task > In swapper task - not syncing > Press L1-A to return to the boot prom > _ > > > and that is it > > > P.s. also mail me at ddx@cable.a2000.nl > because i'm not approved by the list owner to be on the list > so i can't read the list > > P.s. i typed this stuff in > so i can have made a mistake David Andrew Tel: 978-442-2316 Internal: 22316 Market Development Engineer - I/O Technologies FAX: 978-442-1520 Sun Microsystems, 2 Omni Way - M/S UCHL02-102, Chelmsford, MA 01824