From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E5CAC433E0 for ; Sat, 16 Jan 2021 02:07:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B16B208A9 for ; Sat, 16 Jan 2021 02:07:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1725934AbhAPCGo (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jan 2021 21:06:44 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:45022 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725833AbhAPCGo (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jan 2021 21:06:44 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 3657 seconds by postgrey-1.37 at lindbergh.monkeyblade.net; Fri, 15 Jan 2021 18:06:04 PST Received: from sammy.net (anhedonia.sammy.net [IPv6:2001:4800:7819:104:be76:4eff:fe06:7ac0]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3FEF8C061757 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 2021 18:06:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from sammy by sammy.net with local (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1l0a1X-00BubH-NM; Fri, 15 Jan 2021 20:05:03 -0500 Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 20:05:03 -0500 From: Sam Creasey To: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven , linux-m68k Subject: Re: Booting Linux on Sun3 machines Message-ID: <20210116010503.GI1344617@anhedonia> References: <9fd0f739-1b4b-6ce1-6a02-02375b4b574f@physik.fu-berlin.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org Honestly, it probably doesn't boot. The last kernel I knew to boot successfully was 2.6.16, and that required patches. My last round of notes is still here: https://sammy.net/sun3/ It does include links to a compiled bootloader to netboot a sun3, and a very ancient debian userland (though if you get to trying to load init, I'd call that a victory). I don't believe I ever wrote up full boot instructions, but the bootloader is a fork of the NetBSD one, so if you can get rarp/tftp/nfs/etc working well enough to netboot that, you're in the right place to try to netboot a Linux kernel. I don't currently have a boot server configured, but I might be able to find some time to set something up and help you debug if you get that far. I've certainly still got hardware to test with. -- Sam On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 07:52:05PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > CC sammy > > On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 7:32 PM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > wrote: > > Since Arnd has waved with the axe at the Sun3 port this week, I would like to start > > testing the port to make sure it still boots and if not, we can fix the problems. > > > > I have three Sun3 machines in my basement that I can test the kernel on. However, > > I have zero experience booting these machines, so I was wondering whether anyone > > has booted Linux on these machines in the past and can tell me how that works. > > > > Thanks, > > Adrian > > > > -- > > .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > > : :' : Debian Developer - glaubitz@debian.org > > `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de > > `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913