sparc32 status

[Stefan Reinauer]

Linux:
 always assumes it is booted from the serial console, so you need to
 specify "console=tty1" if you boot graphically

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
> > ([e-mail], Mon Dec 19 03:43:03 UTC 2005)

Booting diag
  Cannot load diag: error=20

device[sd(0,2,0):b] ("halt" to halt):

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
          [e-mail]:/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

Solaris 8 iso:
  [sparc] Booting file 'cdrom' without parameters.
  Loading a.out image...
  Loaded 7680 bytes
  entry point is 0x4000
  Jumping to entry point...
  device iommu size -1
  device sbus size -1
  device eeprom address prop too big
  device auxio size -1
  qemu: fatal: Trying to execute code outside RAM or ROM at 0xff00000d

Stefan

[Stefan Reinauer]

With the latest checkin the Solaris 8 iso changes its output, getting
quite some further..

[sparc] Booting file 'cdrom' without parameters.
    Loading a.out image...
    Loaded 7680 bytes
    entry point is 0x4000
    Jumping to entry point...
    device iommu size -1
    device sbus size -1
    device eeprom address prop too big
    device auxio size -1
    required device iommu not mapped
    required device eeprom not mapped
    required device sbus not mapped
    qemu: fatal: Trying to execute code outside RAM or ROM at 0xff00000d

[Stefan Reinauer]

* Stefan Reinauer  [060607 10:54]:
> With the latest checkin the Solaris 8 iso changes its output, getting
> quite some further..
> [sparc] Booting file 'cdrom' without parameters.
> Loading a.out image...
> Loaded 7680 bytes
> entry point is 0x4000
> Jumping to entry point...
> device iommu size -1
> device sbus size -1
> device eeprom address prop too big
> device auxio size -1
> required device iommu not mapped
> required device eeprom not mapped
> required device sbus not mapped
> qemu: fatal: Trying to execute code outside RAM or ROM at 0xff00000d

It seems Solaris is through the device tree scan with the latest
OpenBIOS release.

But now it dies after mapping some memory, presumably the kernel start?

obp_dumb_mmap: virta 0xf5901000, which_io 0, paddr 0x2000, sz 8192
qemu: fatal: Trying to execute code outside RAM or ROM at 0xf00415f4

Stefan