From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from vopserver.pflash.com (unknown [207.19.136.5]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A11F486B for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2001 21:42:44 -0600 (MDT) Received: from wolf01.morethan.org (ppp36.cc1.pflash.com [63.121.24.38]) by vopserver.pflash.com (Vircom SMTPRS 4.7.191) with SMTP id for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2001 22:37:07 -0500 From: Michael S.Zick To: parisc-linux@parisc-linux.org Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 22:38:14 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain References: <20010601030203.EE8B937EF8@carmen.fc.hp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01060322312700.08633@wolf01.morethan.org> Subject: [parisc-linux] Re: Version 0.9 of PA-RISC Linux Released List-ID: Hi Folks - Sub-Title this one: Adventures in running V0.9 on a HP9000/720 box: 1) I had been working with V0.6 and CVS snapshot of 05/25/2001 when this = notice arrived. Great - Gotta get that! -- 18 hours later, got it. (very slow modem conn= ection to a backwoods ISP). 2) Now make some working room - throw out (almost) all of that old stuff. 3) Mount new ISO image - What, no new ISO image! *&^%$#$%=20 V0.9 ISO - Test one: it deletes just fine. Now repeat step 1). xx hours later - it's here (I will not delete this copy, I know that work= s). Now, will it run "out of the box" - well, out of the things in the ISO an= yway? V0.9 ISO - Test two: Nope, not on a Model 720 Ok, so will it build "out of the box" and then run? V0.9 ISO - Test three: Nope - the /devel directory is gone. 4) Turn loose ncFTP daemon clinet loose on cvs - get current snapshots,=20 being optimistic - get the new (hppa) native stuff also. 5) Meanwhile - what things of possible use can I say, well there are some= similarities between the "boxed" 32STI vmlinux and what I have found to date: File: linux/arch/parisc/kernel/setup.c Function: void __init setup_console.... Approx. lines 332-335 =09printk -> =09arg[0] -> free_memory start =09arg[1] -> passed command line (from palo/ipl/ipl.c - Funciton: static = void join =09arg[2] -> initrd start =09arg[3] -> initrd end The values shown for arg[0] and arg[1] are the same - does this indicate = a problem? The passed command line (after copy from arg[1]) prints correctly. File: linux/drivers/char/console.c Function: void __init con_init Approx. lines 2455-2457 =09call to register_console appears to never return -=20 The 9000/720 (at least mine) has a SGC display reported by the inventory = list. Changing the passed command line (with IPL editor) to: console=3DttyB (which specifies the PDC console functions) seems to by-pass the above co= de and things proceed until this kernel gets into the same troubles that I w= as working on: I had been trouble shooting a number of different things in the LASI-SEM7= 00 scsi driver for the 53c7xx (yes, the 9000/720 has the oldest controller availa= ble). The driver was reporting "unable to obtain consistant DMA memory" - among= other strange and mysterious things. Only recently did I notice that the ethernet driver is reporting the same= thing - The printer port driver is reporting (interrupt driven mode) - is the pri= nter port on the 720 DMA capable? So my next step will be to quit looking only at the SCSI driver and start= looking=20 for something common to the same problem reports from two different drive= rs. Note: All work is being done XC(x86) - the 720 disk was wiped clean befor= e I got the machine. So I have to get it running before I can trouble shoot why it i= sn't running=20 with the native mode toolset. Yes - I am using the most recent XC-... things available from your site. Any suggestions? HELP !?! PS: Is any work being done at the work station end? Such as an 80960 X-c= lient? This system came with two workstations - a HP 700/RX (model C2708A) and a HP Envizex, aSeries (model C2731A). PPS: A note on used equipment - I know this system was working (under HP-= UX) until it was shut down, the day before I bought it from a second-hand sto= re. Mike On Thu, 31 May 2001, Matt Taggart wrote: > Version 0.9 of PA-RISC Linux Released >=20 > On May 31, 2001 the PA-RISC Linux development community released versio= n > 0.9, the latest version of Linux for computers using Hewlett Packard's > PA-RISC processor. This release is the result of several years of work = by > developers in the Free Software community including developers from The > Debian Project, Hewlett Packard, and Linuxcare. >=20 > - Latest Debian Installer=20 > - Support for 32 and 64 bit systems=20 > - Over 4000 Debian packages=20 > - Full development environment=20 > - Support for large memory (up to 16GB) > - Ability to use Debian's apt tool to update to the latest > package versions >=20 > The 0.9 release install CDROM images and related documentation can be f= ound at >=20 > http://parisc-linux.org/release-0.9/ >=20 > Information about PA-RISC Linux is available at >=20 > http://parisc-linux.org/ >=20 > Any questions or comments about the release should be directed to the > mailing list at >=20 > parisc-linux@parisc-linux.org >=20 > --=20 > Matt Taggart Linux Development Lab > taggart@fc.hp.com HP Linux Systems Operation >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > -- =20 > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-hppa-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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