Re: [LinuxBIOS] AMD SimNOW question

[Marc Karasek]

Is there anyway under SimNow to send the console output to a log file.

I have linuxbios up and running :-) but the Linux kernel I have as a 
boot loader is crashing..  I have tried to stop it at the point when it 
starts dmping the same message to the screen but it is nearly impossible 
to time it right.

/*********************
Marc Karasek
MTS
Sun Microsystems
mailto:[e-mail]
ph:770.360.6415
*********************/

Myles Watson wrote:
> Marc,
>
> I sent the wrong one for serengeti-cheetah last time.  Sorry.
>
> Myles
>
> On Jan 11, 2008 11:49 AM, Marc Karasek  wrote:
> > I have managed to cobble together a build structure that tries to build.
> >
> > It gets to the point of building the linuxbios image and it chokes
> > because the image is to large for the romsize.
> >
> > Can someone shed some light on what Config.lb should be set to to get
> > this to compile.
> >
> > The payload buildrom is generating is 790,000+ bytes big.
> >
> > /*********************
> > Marc Karasek
> > MTS
> > Sun Microsystems
> > mailto:[e-mail]
> > ph:770.360.6415
> > *********************/
> >
> > ron minnich wrote:
> > > On Jan 8, 2008 2:38 PM, Marc Karasek  wrote:
> > > > I have found the main problem with svn.  It looks like if you use svn co
> > > > http://  it will use the proxy settings under servers.  If you do a svn
> > > > co svn:// it tries to do a dns lookup, which fails behind a proxy server
> > > > :-(.  I have not been able to find any info on setting svn up to use a
> > > > proxy when doing svn:// type checkouts.
> > >
> > > There is a way to do it, maybe: http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#proxy
> > >
> > > ron

[LinuxBIOS] AMD SimNOW question

[Myles Watson]

There are a couple of ways, which you can find here:

http://linuxbios.org/AMD_SimNow

if you want it to go to a file, instead of

cat /home/myles/.simnow/com1/simnow_out

try

cat /home/myles/.simnow/com1/simnow_out > myfile.log

otherwise, if you're using snserial there is some option to do that as well.

Myles
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 2:33 PM
> To: Myles Watson; LinuxBIOS
> Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] AMD SimNOW question
>
> Is there anyway under SimNow to send the console output to a log file.
>
> I have linuxbios up and running :-) but the Linux kernel I have as a
> boot loader is crashing..  I have tried to stop it at the point when it
> starts dmping the same message to the screen but it is nearly impossible
> to time it right.
>
> /*********************
> Marc Karasek
> MTS
> Sun Microsystems
> mailto:[e-mail]
> ph:770.360.6415
> *********************/
>
> Myles Watson wrote:
> > Marc,
> >
> > I sent the wrong one for serengeti-cheetah last time.  Sorry.
> >
> > Myles
> >
> > On Jan 11, 2008 11:49 AM, Marc Karasek  wrote:
> > > I have managed to cobble together a build structure that tries to
>
> build.
> > > It gets to the point of building the linuxbios image and it chokes
> > > because the image is to large for the romsize.
> > >
> > > Can someone shed some light on what Config.lb should be set to to get
> > > this to compile.
> > >
> > > The payload buildrom is generating is 790,000+ bytes big.
> > >
> > > /*********************
> > > Marc Karasek
> > > MTS
> > > Sun Microsystems
> > > mailto:[e-mail]
> > > ph:770.360.6415
> > > *********************/
> > >
> > > ron minnich wrote:
> > > > On Jan 8, 2008 2:38 PM, Marc Karasek  wrote:
> > > > > I have found the main problem with svn.  It looks like if you use svn
>
> co
> > > > > http://  it will use the proxy settings under servers.  If you do a
>
> svn
> > > > > co svn:// it tries to do a dns lookup, which fails behind a proxy
>
> server
> > > > > :-(.  I have not been able to find any info on setting svn up to use
>
> a
> > > > > proxy when doing svn:// type checkouts.
> > > >
> > > > There is a way to do it, maybe:
>
> http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#proxy
> > > > ron

[LinuxBIOS] AMD SimNOW question

[Marc Karasek]

No the serial port output looks ok.  It is the "vga" ouput I need to 
capture.  The kernel as loader is crashing...

/*********************
Marc Karasek
MTS
Sun Microsystems
mailto:[e-mail]
ph:770.360.6415
*********************/

Myles Watson wrote:
> There are a couple of ways, which you can find here:
>
> http://linuxbios.org/AMD_SimNow
>
> if you want it to go to a file, instead of
>
> cat /home/myles/.simnow/com1/simnow_out
>
> try
>
> cat /home/myles/.simnow/com1/simnow_out > myfile.log
>
> otherwise, if you're using snserial there is some option to do that as well.
>
> Myles
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
> > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 2:33 PM
> > To: Myles Watson; LinuxBIOS
> > Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] AMD SimNOW question
> >
> > Is there anyway under SimNow to send the console output to a log file.
> >
> > I have linuxbios up and running :-) but the Linux kernel I have as a
> > boot loader is crashing..  I have tried to stop it at the point when it
> > starts dmping the same message to the screen but it is nearly impossible
> > to time it right.
> >
> > /*********************
> > Marc Karasek
> > MTS
> > Sun Microsystems
> > mailto:[e-mail]
> > ph:770.360.6415
> > *********************/
> >
> > Myles Watson wrote:
> > > Marc,
> > >
> > > I sent the wrong one for serengeti-cheetah last time.  Sorry.
> > >
> > > Myles
> > >
> > > On Jan 11, 2008 11:49 AM, Marc Karasek  wrote:
> > > > I have managed to cobble together a build structure that tries to
> >
> > build.
> > > > It gets to the point of building the linuxbios image and it chokes
> > > > because the image is to large for the romsize.
> > > >
> > > > Can someone shed some light on what Config.lb should be set to to get
> > > > this to compile.
> > > >
> > > > The payload buildrom is generating is 790,000+ bytes big.
> > > >
> > > > /*********************
> > > > Marc Karasek
> > > > MTS
> > > > Sun Microsystems
> > > > mailto:[e-mail]
> > > > ph:770.360.6415
> > > > *********************/
> > > >
> > > > ron minnich wrote:
> > > > > On Jan 8, 2008 2:38 PM, Marc Karasek  wrote:
> > > > > > I have found the main problem with svn.  It looks like if you use svn
> >
> > co
> > > > > > http://  it will use the proxy settings under servers.  If you do a
> >
> > svn
> > > > > > co svn:// it tries to do a dns lookup, which fails behind a proxy
> >
> > server
> > > > > > :-(.  I have not been able to find any info on setting svn up to use
> >
> > a
> > > > > > proxy when doing svn:// type checkouts.
> > > > >
> > > > > There is a way to do it, maybe:
> >
> > http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#proxy
> > > > > ron

[LinuxBIOS] AMD SimNOW question

[Jordan Crouse]

On 11/01/08 16:51 -0500, Marc Karasek wrote:
> No the serial port output looks ok.  It is the "vga" ouput I need to 
> capture.  The kernel as loader is crashing...

Oh, wow... I don't think there's any way to do that.  You can log the
I/O and memory space accesses, but you can't log the screen.  Maybe the
I/O and memory space accesses would be enough - assuming you can parse
through the noise to find the strings you want.

Jordan

AMD SimNOW question

[Marc Karasek]

Can someone send me a rom image they have built and tested using 
SimNOW.  I want to verify my SimNOW setup.

I am thinking it has something to do with the initrd ramdrive and it is 
failing when it goes to run the init scripts.

/*********************
Marc Karasek
MTS
Sun Microsystems
mailto:[e-mail]
ph:770.360.6415
*********************/

Jordan Crouse wrote:
> On 11/01/08 16:51 -0500, Marc Karasek wrote:
> > No the serial port output looks ok.  It is the "vga" ouput I need to 
> > capture.  The kernel as loader is crashing...
>
> Oh, wow... I don't think there's any way to do that.  You can log the
> I/O and memory space accesses, but you can't log the screen.  Maybe the
> I/O and memory space accesses would be enough - assuming you can parse
> through the noise to find the strings you want.
>
> Jordan

AMD SimNOW question

[Myles Watson]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 1:12 PM
> To: Jordan Crouse
> Cc: [e-mail]; 'LinuxBIOS'
> Subject: Re: AMD SimNOW question
>
> Can someone send me a rom image they have built and tested using
> SimNOW.  I want to verify my SimNOW setup.

Sure,
I'll send it in a few minutes.
Myles
> I am thinking it has something to do with the initrd ramdrive and it is
> failing when it goes to run the init scripts.
>
> /*********************
> Marc Karasek
> MTS
> Sun Microsystems
> mailto:[e-mail]
> ph:770.360.6415
> *********************/
>
> Jordan Crouse wrote:
> > On 11/01/08 16:51 -0500, Marc Karasek wrote:
> > > No the serial port output looks ok.  It is the "vga" ouput I need to
> > > capture.  The kernel as loader is crashing...
> >
> > Oh, wow... I don't think there's any way to do that.  You can log the
> > I/O and memory space accesses, but you can't log the screen.  Maybe the
> > I/O and memory space accesses would be enough - assuming you can parse
> > through the noise to find the strings you want.
> >
> > Jordan

[LinuxBIOS] AMD SimNOW question

[Myles Watson]

Sorry I misunderstood.

I still recommend the same thing, only tell the Linux kernel to use the
serial port as the console, console=ttyS0,115200

You don't want to try to capture the actual VGA probably.

Good luck,

Myles
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 2:52 PM
> To: [e-mail]
> Cc: 'LinuxBIOS'
> Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] AMD SimNOW question
>
> No the serial port output looks ok.  It is the "vga" ouput I need to
> capture.  The kernel as loader is crashing...
>
> /*********************
> Marc Karasek
> MTS
> Sun Microsystems
> mailto:[e-mail]
> ph:770.360.6415
> *********************/
>
> Myles Watson wrote:
> > There are a couple of ways, which you can find here:
> >
> > http://linuxbios.org/AMD_SimNow
> >
> > if you want it to go to a file, instead of
> >
> > cat /home/myles/.simnow/com1/simnow_out
> >
> > try
> >
> > cat /home/myles/.simnow/com1/simnow_out > myfile.log
> >
> > otherwise, if you're using snserial there is some option to do that as
>
> well.
> > Myles
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
> > > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 2:33 PM
> > > To: Myles Watson; LinuxBIOS
> > > Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] AMD SimNOW question
> > >
> > > Is there anyway under SimNow to send the console output to a log file.
> > >
> > > I have linuxbios up and running :-) but the Linux kernel I have as a
> > > boot loader is crashing..  I have tried to stop it at the point when it
> > > starts dmping the same message to the screen but it is nearly
>
> impossible
> > > to time it right.
> > >
> > > /*********************
> > > Marc Karasek
> > > MTS
> > > Sun Microsystems
> > > mailto:[e-mail]
> > > ph:770.360.6415
> > > *********************/
> > >
> > > Myles Watson wrote:
> > > > Marc,
> > > >
> > > > I sent the wrong one for serengeti-cheetah last time.  Sorry.
> > > >
> > > > Myles
> > > >
> > > > On Jan 11, 2008 11:49 AM, Marc Karasek  wrote:
> > > > > I have managed to cobble together a build structure that tries to
> > >
> > > build.
> > > > > It gets to the point of building the linuxbios image and it chokes
> > > > > because the image is to large for the romsize.
> > > > >
> > > > > Can someone shed some light on what Config.lb should be set to to get
> > > > > this to compile.
> > > > >
> > > > > The payload buildrom is generating is 790,000+ bytes big.
> > > > >
> > > > > /*********************
> > > > > Marc Karasek
> > > > > MTS
> > > > > Sun Microsystems
> > > > > mailto:[e-mail]
> > > > > ph:770.360.6415
> > > > > *********************/
> > > > >
> > > > > ron minnich wrote:
> > > > > > On Jan 8, 2008 2:38 PM, Marc Karasek  wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > I have found the main problem with svn.  It looks like if you use
>
> svn
> > > > > > >
> > >
> > > co
> > > > > > > http://  it will use the proxy settings under servers.  If you do a
> > > > > > >
> > >
> > > svn
> > > > > > > co svn:// it tries to do a dns lookup, which fails behind a proxy
> > > > > > >
> > >
> > > server
> > > > > > > :-(.  I have not been able to find any info on setting svn up to
>
> use
> > > > > > >
> > >
> > > a
> > > > > > > proxy when doing svn:// type checkouts.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > There is a way to do it, maybe:
> > >
> > > http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#proxy
> > > > > > ron

[LinuxBIOS] AMD SimNOW question

[Jordan Crouse]

On 11/01/08 14:44 -0700, Myles Watson wrote:
> There are a couple of ways, which you can find here:
>
> http://linuxbios.org/AMD_SimNow
>
> if you want it to go to a file, instead of
>
> cat /home/myles/.simnow/com1/simnow_out
>
> try
>
> cat /home/myles/.simnow/com1/simnow_out > myfile.log
>
> otherwise, if you're using snserial there is some option to do that as well.

You can set up snserial to output to a pty, and then do a 
cat 'ptyX > myfile.log".  But it would be a good idea to make snserial
output to a logfile.   I'll add that to my todo list.

Jordan