OpenBIOS June 2006

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Re: [OpenBIOS] Numerous problems running Makefile for sparc32 tar get
by Armistead, Jason 10 Jun '06

10 Jun '06

Blue swirl wrote: >>1. Permissions in the config/scripts directory do not have execute "x" bit >>set. I needed to do a >> >>chmod 755 config/scripts/* >They have x bit set in the distribution, maybe there was some error in >unpacking sources? I am doing a very standard wget http://www.openbios.org/viewcvs/openbios-devel.tar.gz?root=OpenBIOS&view=tar which is the latest snapshot file from development page then gunzip -c openbios-devel.tar.gz | tar xvf - Again, something that works out-of-the-box for 99.9% of all open source projects. I did it again just now, and still, there is no "x" bit set on these files. Here is what I can see in the tar file # gunzip -c openbios-devel.tar.gz | tar tvf - | grep scripts drwxr-xr-x 0/0 0 May 7 04:49 2006 openbios-devel/config/scripts/ -rw-r--r-- 0/0 365 May 7 04:48 2006 openbios-devel/config/scripts/archname -rw-r--r-- 0/0 245 Apr 27 01:08 2006 openbios-devel/config/scripts/reldir -rw-r--r-- 0/0 267 May 7 04:49 2006 openbios-devel/config/scripts/switch-arch # No "x" bits getting into the snapshot at all. Regards Jason

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Re: [OpenBIOS] Numerous problems running Makefile for sparc32tar get
by Armistead, Jason 10 Jun '06

10 Jun '06

I'm behind a corporate proxy and still haven't figured out svn yet. That's why I used wget and more traditional means. -----Original Message----- From: openbios-bounces(a)openbios.org [mailto:openbios-bounces@openbios.org]On Behalf Of Blue Swirl Sent: Saturday, 10 June 2006 7:57 AM To: openbios(a)openbios.org Subject: Re: [OpenBIOS] Numerous problems running Makefile for sparc32tar get >wget >http://www.openbios.org/viewcvs/openbios-devel.tar.gz?root=OpenBIOS&view=ta r You're right, with this method I don't see the x bits either. I'm using svn, and then the bits are there. _________________________________________________________________ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.com/ -- OpenBIOS http://openbios.org/ Mailinglist: http://lists.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo Free your System - May the Forth be with you

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Numerous problems running Makefile for sparc32 target
by Armistead, Jason 09 Jun '06

09 Jun '06

Taking the current snapshot from the OpenBIOS web site, I get a few problems trying to build OpenBIOS for sparc32 as per the README file. I am using Solaris 10 on Sparc64 (Enterprise 220R) with GCC 3.4.3 1. Permissions in the config/scripts directory do not have execute "x" bit set. I needed to do a chmod 755 config/scripts/* to fix this. Otherwise I can't get past the first step in the README file of running config/scripts/switch-arch sparc32 2. The Makefile uses $(PWD) which is not available under "sh" shell. To get this to work right you apparently need bash shell. Without it, the line @ln -s $(PWD)/include/$(ARCH) $(ODIR)/target/include/asm for the "directories" target actually links to /include/$(ARCH) because $(PWD) is an empty string. This of course causes the make process to fail hopelessly because the links aren't established correctly. So, there should be a note in the README warning about this, or else the Makefile needs to be more tolerant. I've built a lot of open source software lately as I have been configuring my Enterprise 220R box, and OpenBIOS is the only package so far that has failed because the shell for make was sh. Maybe bash has become the de-facto standard shell on Linux, but on Solaris it's sh by default, and on MinGW, it is also sh. 3. Even with all that done, I am still getting problems, this time running make gives bash-3.00# make Building OpenBIOS on sparc64 for sparc32 Cleaning up... ok Initializing build tree...ok. Creating target Makefile...ok. Creating config files...ok. Building...error: make[1]: Entering directory `/software/source/openbios-devel' gcc -O2 -g -Wall -W -DFCOMPILER -DBOOTSTRAP -DNATIVE_BITWIDTH_SMALLER_THAN_HOST_ BITWIDTH -USWAP_ENDIANNESS -Iinclude -Ikernel/include -Iobj-sparc32/target/include -c -o obj-sparc32/host/kernel/bootstrap.o kernel/bootstrap.c In file included from include/openbios/sysinclude.h:5, from kernel/bootstrap.c:9: obj-sparc32/target/include/asm/types.h:18:20: endian.h: No such file or directory make[1]: *** [obj-sparc32/host/kernel/bootstrap.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/software/source/openbios-devel' bash-3.00# In other words, now endian.h is missing. The only place I could find it was bash-3.00# find ./ -name endian.h ./utils/ofclient/endian.h bash-3.00# Now, according to mconfig.h, we have /* Define to 1 if you have the <endian.h> header file. */ #define HAVE_ENDIAN_H 1 so it should be doing a #include <endian.h> in types.h Doing a cp -p utils/ofclient/endian.h kernel/include fixes the problem and I get a bit further 4. Now I get gcc -Wa,-xarch=v8 -Wa,-32 -m32 -mcpu=supersparc $EXTRACFLAGS -Os -Wall -W -DNATI VE_BITWIDTH_EQUALS_HOST_BITWIDTH -USWAP_ENDIANNESS -fno-builtin -g -Wredundant-d ecls -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wundef -Wendif-labels -Wstrict-aliasing -Iinclude -Ikernel/include -Iobj-sparc32/targe t/include -c -o obj-sparc32/target/drivers/iommu.o drivers/iommu.c drivers/iommu.c:15:21: asm/asi.h: No such file or directory Again, another reference to an include file under obj-sparc32/target/include/asm is missing. The asi.h file can be found under arch/sparc32 directory. Maybe we need a filesystem link added or else to copy asi.h or change the #include reference in iommu.c 5. Finally, GCC is picking up on lots of unused variables. Do we need to review the build.log files and do a bit of spring cleaning ? Anyhow, that's a long enough e-mail for now. Comments please ! Thanks Jason Regards, Jason Armistead Senior Systems & Software Engineer Otis Elevator Company Pty Ltd 50 Airds Rd Minto NSW 2566 AUSTRALIA +61-2-9827-3742 (direct) +61-418-499-568 (mobile) +61-2-9827-3606 (fax) Jason.Armistead(a)otis.com at your service For further information on our products and services please visit us at www.otis.com

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r55 - in openbios-devel: config/examples include/amd64 include/sparc32
by svn＠openbios.org 09 Jun '06

09 Jun '06

Author: stepan Date: 2006-06-09 17:55:34 +0200 (Fri, 09 Jun 2006) New Revision: 55 Modified: openbios-devel/config/examples/cross-sparc32_config.xml openbios-devel/include/amd64/types.h openbios-devel/include/sparc32/types.h Log: drop OS includes. The endianess is already defined in config.xml Modified: openbios-devel/config/examples/cross-sparc32_config.xml =================================================================== --- openbios-devel/config/examples/cross-sparc32_config.xml 2006-06-07 10:18:24 UTC (rev 54) +++ openbios-devel/config/examples/cross-sparc32_config.xml 2006-06-09 15:55:34 UTC (rev 55) @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ <option name="CONFIG_DRIVER_SBUS" type="boolean" value="true"/> <option name="CONFIG_DRIVER_OBIO" type="boolean" value="true"/> <option name="CONFIG_DRIVER_ESP" type="boolean" value="true"/> - <option name="CONFIG_DRIVER_FLOPPY" type="boolean" value="true"/> + <option name="CONFIG_DRIVER_FLOPPY" type="boolean" value="false"/> </config> Modified: openbios-devel/include/amd64/types.h =================================================================== --- openbios-devel/include/amd64/types.h 2006-06-07 10:18:24 UTC (rev 54) +++ openbios-devel/include/amd64/types.h 2006-06-09 15:55:34 UTC (rev 55) @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ #include <stdint.h> /* endianess */ -#include <endian.h> +#include "autoconf.h" /* cell based types */ Modified: openbios-devel/include/sparc32/types.h =================================================================== --- openbios-devel/include/sparc32/types.h 2006-06-07 10:18:24 UTC (rev 54) +++ openbios-devel/include/sparc32/types.h 2006-06-09 15:55:34 UTC (rev 55) @@ -14,11 +14,7 @@ #include <stdint.h> /* endianess */ -#ifdef HAVE_ENDIAN_H -#include <endian.h> -#else -#include <machine/endian.h> -#endif +#include "autoconf.h" /* cell based types */

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dumb_memalloc
by Blue Swirl 08 Jun '06

08 Jun '06

How about this version, does the memory allocation work? I changed the build rules a bit so that it's easier to override the compiler. _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/

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Proper way to extract ISO of SunOS CD-ROM
by Armistead, Jason 08 Jun '06

08 Jun '06

Can you please advise the "right way" to extract an ISO CD-ROM image from the SunOS distribution media under Windows (not Solaris / Unix / Linux !) I've extracted SunOS 4.1.4 installation CD using Nero to get track 1 (the only track) but it isn't giving me the same boot-up sequence as those that have been posted to the list. Because I'm running QEMU on Win32, I don't seem to be able to get -nographic to work (a problem opening stdio by QEMU), so perhaps this makes the OpenBIOS console behave differently. Thanks Jason

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Small fixes
by Blue Swirl 08 Jun '06

08 Jun '06

I changed the obp_dumb_memalloc code to use malloc and iommu/sbus code to do real mapping, do they still work? I also added links to chipset documentation and rearranged Sbus code. Initial reaction from Qemu developers about switching to OpenBIOS was very positive. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

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Re: [OpenBIOS] sparc32 status
by Parag Patel 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

>> It seems it wants something like >> /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000/espdma@4,8400000/esp@4,8800000/sd@2,0:b >> as the device > >Weird: > >device[sd(0,2,0):b] ("halt" to halt): cdrom >boot (press RETURN to try default list): netbsd >Booting netbsd >- >device[cdrom] ("halt" to halt): > > >It prints no error, but does not do anything either. It tried to boot from the cdrom but didn't find anything it liked there. Or it failed to expand the alias. I seem to recall that Solaris etc use the comma-separated args in the boot command rather than space-separated args. Perhaps NetBSD is looking for something similar. I think you're going to have to go grub around in the NetBSD code. :) -- __ /__)_ _ _ _ Q: How many heterosexual males does it take to screw in a / (// (/(/ light bulb in San Francisco? A: Both of them. _/

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Re: [OpenBIOS] sparc32 status
by Parag Patel 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

>NetBSD booting from CD: > > [sparc] Booting file 'cdrom' without parameters. > Loading a.out image... > Loaded 8388615 bytes > entry point is 0x4000 > Jumping to entry point... > obmem:>> NetBSD/sparc Secondary Boot, Revision 1.15 > >> (builds(a)b3.netbsd.org, Mon Dec 19 03:43:03 UTC 2005) > Booting diag > Cannot load diag: error=20 > > device[sd(0,2,0):b] ("halt" to halt): Interesting - it seems to be picking up the diag-file setting from OF - the name "diag" - perhaps because "diag-switch?" is set to true. That implies that the loader is making calls into OF and getting at least some stuff it likes. In any case, it's now at the BSD device prompt, which is also good. You should be able to type in a BSD-style boot-spec here to disk, partition, and name of the kernel here. Unfortunately Sparc-to-BSD device mapping is a bit funky so you may have to grep through the BSD docs for details. If you typed in "bsd" at the above prompt, it should try to load the file named "bsd" from the default device listed above in square brackets. >NetBSD kernel directly: > > [sparc] Kernel already loaded > OBP version 3, revision 2.25 (plugin rev 2) > Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 > The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved. > Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > > NetBSD 3.0 (GENERIC) #0: Mon Dec 19 04:01:27 UTC 2005 > builds@b3.netbsd.org:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-3-0-RELEASE/sparc/200512182024Z- >obj/home/builds/ab/netbsd-3-0-RELEASE/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/GENERIC > total memory = 127 MB > avail memory = 120 MB > bootpath: > data fault: pc=0xf02a4f3c addr=0x7ff000 > sfsr=126<PERR=0,LVL=1,AT=1,FT=1,FAV,OW> > panic: kernel fault > halted As a guess it's trying to print or create the "bootpath" and hit a bad or uninitialized pointer - 0x7ff000. It got the total and available memory, so at least that's good. Pity it halted instead of dropping into the BSD debugger - you could get a stack-trace then. It may be trying to get args from the OF "boot" command, which should pass args to the loaded image. Perhaps it doesn't have any args, or perhaps they're bogus? -- __ /__)_ _ _ _ "Grub first, then ethics." -- Bertolt Brecht / (// (/(/ _/

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Re: [OpenBIOS] Starting QEMU with OpenBIOS for Sparc32
by Blue Swirl 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

>Can someone just give me a quick overview of the "right way" to start up >QEMU so that it will load the OpenBIOS firmware instead of PROLL, and how >to >point QEMU to my Solaris installation CD image file. Just rename openbios-builtin.elf.nostrip to proll.elf. I don't know if OpenBIOS can be compiled in Solaris, please report if you try. >Do I need any hacks / patches to QEMU to use OpenBIOS instead of PROLL ? The attached patch to CVS version of Qemu fixes several critical problems in Sparc emulation. >What debugging switches should I enable with QEMU to help me figure out why >things aren't working when trying to boot the SunOS 4.1.4 (Solaris 1.1.2) >installation CD ? > >Is there a "best way" to build OpenBIOS to ensure maximum useful debugging >information is produced ? I don't think Qemu debugging switches are that helpful, but enabling CONFIG_DEBUG_OBP in OpenBIOS shows the OBP calls. >If I'm repeating a whole lot of old questions, is there a FAQ for the QEMU >+ >OpenBIOS (Sparc32) combination that someone can point me to ? Well, the combination didn't even exist a couple of months ago... _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/

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