[Linux-ia64] Re: Red Hat 7.1 on Lion

[Mark Anderson <manderso@lsil.com>]

Sorry,

Step 3 should read this way:

        3. change to the device, or use absolute path for the CDROM
           (i.e. 'fs0:' NOT 'cd fs0:')


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>    1. Red Hat 7.1 on Lion (Gururaj Ananthateerta)
>    2. LION hangs at init 0 (kernel 2.4.13 on top of SuSE 7.2a IA64 Dev.
>        Ed.) (Verkist, Bruno)
>    3. Re: itc sync & clock_* (Jesse Barnes)
> 
> --__--__--
> 
> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 16:48:34 -0800
> From: Gururaj Ananthateerta <gururaj@cup.hp.com>
> Organization: Hewlett Packard
> Cc: "'linux-ia64@linuxia64.org'" <linux-ia64@linuxia64.org>
> Subject: [Linux-ia64] Red Hat 7.1 on Lion
> 
> Is there any document which explains how to install linux on Lion.
> I am stuck in the EFI shell. I son't know how to install.
> Please help.
> Thanks
> Guru
> 
> --__--__--
> 
> Message: 2
> From: "Verkist, Bruno" <Bruno.Verkist@fujitsu-siemens.com>
> To: suse-ia64@suse.com
> Cc: linux-ia64 <linux-ia64@linuxia64.org>
> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 09:35:36 +0100
> Subject: [Linux-ia64] LION hangs at init 0 (kernel 2.4.13 on top of SuSE 7.2a IA64 Dev.
>  Ed.)
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have an Intel LION (8GB, 2x733MHz C0, BIOS 100, BMC 26) installed > with
> SuSE 7.2a IA64 Developers Edition (kernel 2.4.4). On top of it I > installed
> kernel 2.4.13 and the IA64 patch linux-2_4_13-ia64-011024_diff . 
> 
> Problem: When I reboot the machine with my new 2.4.13 kernel or switch > from
> runlevel 1 to 0 the system hangs while executing  > /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/S20halt.
> The last messages I see on the screen are
> 
> Sending all processes the TERM signal...
> Sending all processes the KILL signal...
> ...
> Týping <Ctrl-C>: blogd: Warning: the ioctl TIOCGDEV is not know by > the
> kernel
> 
> After that I have to power cycle my LION (and repair my root file > system
> after reboot!).
> 
> Bruno
> 
> Bruno Verkist mailto:Bruno.Verkist@fujitsu-siemens.com
> FSC EP PS HE4, Paderborn      Tel. +49 5251 8 15365
> 
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> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 11:41:58 -0800
> From: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@sgi.com>
> To: David Mosberger <davidm@hpl.hp.com>
> cc: linux-ia64@linuxia64.org
> Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] itc sync & clock_*
> 
> On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, David Mosberger wrote:
> 
> >       - if there is a driver for a fine-grained machine timer, it can
> >         use it
> 
> Right, and this should be some sort of generic interface that glibc can
> count on, right?  I've been looking at the multimedia timer spec you
> mentioned for ideas about how to implement it.
> 
> > Yup.  The driver interface needs to allow direct user-level access to
> > the fine grained timer.  Though I'd say the interface should be able
> > to accommodate hardware that can't map the timer into user space.
> 
> Ok, I'll keep that in mind.
> 
> Here's a patch against 2.4.13+ia64 to export the sal platform features to
> a directory in /proc.  Please let me know if it's ok; I'll start working
> on the clock driver if it is.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jesse
> 
> diff -Naur --exclude=*~ --exclude=TAGS linux-2.4.13-ia64/arch/ia64/kernel/Makefile linux-2.4.13-ia64-salinfo/arch/ia64/kernel/Makefile
> --- linux-2.4.13-ia64/arch/ia64/kernel/Makefile Wed Oct 31 11:25:04 2001
> +++ linux-2.4.13-ia64-salinfo/arch/ia64/kernel/Makefile Wed Oct 31 11:27:31 2001
> @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
> 
>  obj-y := acpi.o entry.o gate.o efi.o efi_stub.o ia64_ksyms.o irq.o irq_ia64.o irq_lsapic.o ivt.o \
>          machvec.o pal.o process.o perfmon.o ptrace.o sal.o semaphore.o setup.o \
> -        signal.o sys_ia64.o traps.o time.o unaligned.o unwind.o
> +        signal.o sys_ia64.o traps.o time.o unaligned.o unwind.o salinfo.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_IA64_GENERIC) += iosapic.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_IA64_DIG) += iosapic.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_IA64_PALINFO) += palinfo.o
> diff -Naur --exclude=*~ --exclude=TAGS linux-2.4.13-ia64/arch/ia64/kernel/sal.c linux-2.4.13-ia64-salinfo/arch/ia64/kernel/sal.c
> --- linux-2.4.13-ia64/arch/ia64/kernel/sal.c    Wed Oct 31 11:25:04 2001
> +++ linux-2.4.13-ia64-salinfo/arch/ia64/kernel/sal.c    Wed Oct 31 11:29:00 2001
> @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
>  #include <asm/pal.h>
> 
>  spinlock_t sal_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
> +unsigned long sal_platform_features = 0;
> 
>  static struct {
>         void *addr;     /* function entry point */
> @@ -154,11 +155,13 @@
>                               struct ia64_sal_desc_platform_feature *pf = (void *) p;
>                               printk("SAL: Platform features ");
> 
> -                             if (pf->feature_mask & (1 << 0))
> +                             if (pf->feature_mask & IA64_SAL_PLATFORM_FEATURE_BUS_LOCK) {
>                                       printk("BusLock ");
> -
> -                             if (pf->feature_mask & (1 << 1)) {
> +                                     sal_platform_features |= IA64_SAL_PLATFORM_FEATURE_BUS_LOCK;
> +                             }
> +                             if (pf->feature_mask & IA64_SAL_PLATFORM_FEATURE_IRQ_REDIR_HINT) {
>                                       printk("IRQ_Redirection ");
> +                                     sal_platform_features |= IA64_SAL_PLATFORM_FEATURE_IRQ_REDIR_HINT;
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>                                       if (no_int_routing)
>                                               smp_int_redirect &= ~SMP_IRQ_REDIRECTION;
> @@ -166,14 +169,19 @@
>                                               smp_int_redirect |= SMP_IRQ_REDIRECTION;
>  #endif
>                               }
> -                             if (pf->feature_mask & (1 << 2)) {
> +                             if (pf->feature_mask & IA64_SAL_PLATFORM_FEATURE_IPI_REDIR_HINT) {
>                                       printk("IPI_Redirection ");
> +                                     sal_platform_features |= IA64_SAL_PLATFORM_FEATURE_IPI_REDIR_HINT;
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>                                       if (no_int_routing)
>                                               smp_int_redirect &= ~SMP_IPI_REDIRECTION;
>                                       else
>                                               smp_int_redirect |= SMP_IPI_REDIRECTION;
>  #endif
> +                             }
> +                             if (pf->feature_mask & IA64_SAL_PLATFORM_FEATURE_ITC_MAY_DRIFT) {
> +                                     printk("ITC_may_drift ");
> +                                     sal_platform_features |= IA64_SAL_PLATFORM_FEATURE_ITC_MAY_DRIFT;
>                               }
>                               printk("\n");
>                               break;
> diff -Naur --exclude=*~ --exclude=TAGS linux-2.4.13-ia64/arch/ia64/kernel/salinfo.c linux-2.4.13-ia64-salinfo/arch/ia64/kernel/salinfo.c
> --- linux-2.4.13-ia64/arch/ia64/kernel/salinfo.c        Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969
> +++ linux-2.4.13-ia64-salinfo/arch/ia64/kernel/salinfo.c        Wed Oct 31 11:36:35 2001
> @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
> +/*
> + * salinfo.c
> + *
> + * Creates entries in /proc/sal for various system features.
> + *
> + * Copyright (c) 2001 Silicon Graphics, Inc.  All rights reserved.
> + *
> + * 10/30/2001  jbarnes@sgi.com         copied much of Stephane's palinfo
> + *                                     code to create this file
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +
> +#include <asm/sal.h>
> +
> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@sgi.com>");
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("/proc interface to IA-64 SAL features");
> +
> +int salinfo_read(char *page, char **start, off_t off, int count, int *eof, void *data);
> +
> +typedef struct {
> +       const char              *name;          /* name of the proc entry */
> +       unsigned long           feature;        /* feature bit */
> +       struct proc_dir_entry   *entry;         /* registered entry (removal) */
> +} salinfo_entry_t;
> +
> +/*
> + * List {name,feature} pairs for every entry in /proc/sal/<feature>
> + * that this module exports
> + */
> +static salinfo_entry_t salinfo_entries[]={
> +       { "bus_lock",           IA64_SAL_PLATFORM_FEATURE_BUS_LOCK, },
> +       { "irq_redirection",    IA64_SAL_PLATFORM_FEATURE_IRQ_REDIR_HINT, },
> +       { "ipi_redirection",    IA64_SAL_PLATFORM_FEATURE_IPI_REDIR_HINT, },
> +       { "itc_may_drift",      IA64_SAL_PLATFORM_FEATURE_ITC_MAY_DRIFT, },
> +};
> +
> +#define NR_SALINFO_ENTRIES (sizeof(salinfo_entries)/sizeof(salinfo_entry_t))
> +
> +/*
> + * One for each feature and one more for the directory entry...
> + */
> +static struct proc_dir_entry *salinfo_proc_entries[NR_SALINFO_ENTRIES + 1];
> +
> +static int __init
> +salinfo_init(void)
> +{
> +       struct proc_dir_entry *salinfo_dir; /* /proc/sal dir entry */
> +       struct proc_dir_entry **sdir = salinfo_proc_entries; /* keeps track of every entry */
> +       int i;
> +
> +       salinfo_dir = proc_mkdir("sal", NULL);
> +
> +       for (i=0; i < NR_SALINFO_ENTRIES; i++) {
> +               /* pass the feature bit in question as misc data */
> +               *sdir++ = create_proc_read_entry (salinfo_entries[i].name, 0, salinfo_dir,
> +                                                 salinfo_read, (void *)salinfo_entries[i].feature);
> +       }
> +       *sdir++ = salinfo_dir;
> +
> +       return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static void __exit
> +salinfo_exit(void)
> +{
> +       int i = 0;
> +
> +       for (i = 0; i < NR_SALINFO_ENTRIES ; i++) {
> +               if (salinfo_proc_entries[i])
> +                       remove_proc_entry (salinfo_proc_entries[i]->name, NULL);
> +       }
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * 'data' contains an integer that corresponds to the feature we're
> + * testing
> + */
> +int
> +salinfo_read(char *page, char **start, off_t off, int count, int *eof, void *data)
> +{
> +       int len = 0;
> +
> +       MOD_INC_USE_COUNT;
> +
> +       len = sprintf(page, (sal_platform_features & (unsigned long)data) ? "1" : "0");
> +
> +       if (len <= off+count) *eof = 1;
> +
> +       *start = page + off;
> +       len   -= off;
> +
> +       if (len>count) len = count;
> +       if (len<0) len = 0;
> +
> +       MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT;
> +
> +       return len;
> +}
> +
> +module_init(salinfo_init);
> +module_exit(salinfo_exit);
> diff -Naur --exclude=*~ --exclude=TAGS linux-2.4.13-ia64/include/asm-ia64/sal.h linux-2.4.13-ia64-salinfo/include/asm-ia64/sal.h
> --- linux-2.4.13-ia64/include/asm-ia64/sal.h    Wed Oct 31 11:25:05 2001
> +++ linux-2.4.13-ia64-salinfo/include/asm-ia64/sal.h    Wed Oct 31 11:32:32 2001
> @@ -149,6 +149,7 @@
>  #define IA64_SAL_PLATFORM_FEATURE_BUS_LOCK             (1 << 0)
>  #define IA64_SAL_PLATFORM_FEATURE_IRQ_REDIR_HINT       (1 << 1)
>  #define IA64_SAL_PLATFORM_FEATURE_IPI_REDIR_HINT       (1 << 2)
> +#define IA64_SAL_PLATFORM_FEATURE_ITC_MAY_DRIFT        (1 << 3)
> 
>  typedef struct ia64_sal_desc_platform_feature {
>         u8 type;
> @@ -775,5 +776,7 @@
>                 *scratch_buf_size_needed = isrv.v1;
>         return isrv.status;
>  }
> +
> +extern unsigned long sal_platform_features;
> 
>  #endif /* _ASM_IA64_PAL_H */
> 
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