* Re: [9fans] booting an AlphaPC 164
@ 2001-06-25 19:22 David Gordon Hogan
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From: David Gordon Hogan @ 2001-06-25 19:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
> If i understand the boot process correctly, it has just jumped into
> _main() in/sys/src/9/alphapc/l.s from gokernel() in /sys/src/9/boot/alphapc/exec.c
> By adding RET to various points of _main() in l.s, i am thinking it is hanging
> at the spot marked:
> TEXT _main(SB), $-8
> MOVQ $setSB(SB), R29
> MOVQ R29, R16
> CALL_PAL $PALwrkgp
> MOVQ $mach0(SB), R(MACH)
> MOVQ $(BY2PG-8)(R(MACH)), R30 <-------------
> MOVQ R31, R(USER)
> MOVQ R31, 0(R(MACH))
>
> If i understand correctly this just sets the stack pointer to last quadword
> of the page containing the mach structure.
Although the RET instruction doesn't use SP itself, the caller isn't going to
be too happy after you change it. Use the "CALL_PAL $PALhalt" instruction
to find out where it's really hanging. If it makes it to C, you can insert calls
to firmware().
> We get the same behavior w/ both the terminal and cpu kernels, and
> also the same if we try it on an ev6 machine. I found a post about
> using the -x flag to 7l, but that does not seem to help.
That's only neccessary for older CPUs. You'll be taking a significant
performance hit by using it otherwise, and some of the device drivers
may not work.
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* [9fans] booting an AlphaPC 164
@ 2001-06-25 18:54 dpx
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From: dpx @ 2001-06-25 18:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
We have been trying to boot plan9 (w/ the latest updates) on some
alphas and it appears to be hanging right as it starts the
kernel. Here is capture of the screen from a 21164 machine (w/ the 21172
core logic):
Digital AlphaPC 164 467 MHz Console V5.5-1, Jul 14 1999 12:37:45
>>>b
(boot ewa0.0.0.5.0 -flags 0)
Trying BOOTP boot.
Broadcasting BOOTP Request...
Received BOOTP Packet File Name is: /alpha/bootalphapc
local inet address: 172.16.82.7
remote inet address: 172.16.82.1
TFTP Read File Name: /alpha/bootalphapc
netmask = 255.255.0.0
Server is on same subnet as client.
.
bootstrap code read in
base = 180000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 867a
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at 172000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code
Alpha Plan 9 secondary boot
Digital AlphaPC 164 467 MHz
Memory size: 512MB
plan9 (172.16.82.1!67): /alpha/conf/172.16.82.7.../alpha/9apc
624704+210224+78968=913896
entry: 0x80400020
At this point it hangs forever.
If i understand the boot process correctly, it has just jumped into
_main() in/sys/src/9/alphapc/l.s from gokernel() in /sys/src/9/boot/alphapc/exec.c
By adding RET to various points of _main() in l.s, i am thinking it is hanging
at the spot marked:
TEXT _main(SB), $-8
MOVQ $setSB(SB), R29
MOVQ R29, R16
CALL_PAL $PALwrkgp
MOVQ $mach0(SB), R(MACH)
MOVQ $(BY2PG-8)(R(MACH)), R30 <-------------
MOVQ R31, R(USER)
MOVQ R31, 0(R(MACH))
If i understand correctly this just sets the stack pointer to last quadword
of the page containing the mach structure.
We get the same behavior w/ both the terminal and cpu kernels, and
also the same if we try it on an ev6 machine. I found a post about
using the -x flag to 7l, but that does not seem to help.
anyone have any ideas, on what is going wrong?
thx,
-dp
>>>show boot*
boot_dev ewa0.0.0.5.0
boot_file
boot_osflags 0
boot_reset OFF
bootdef_dev ewa0.0.0.5.0
booted_dev ewa0.0.0.5.0
booted_file
booted_osflags 0
>>>show ewa*
ewa0_arp_tries 3
ewa0_bootp_file
ewa0_bootp_server
ewa0_bootp_tries 3
ewa0_def_ginetaddr 0.0.0.0
ewa0_def_inetaddr 0.0.0.0
ewa0_def_inetfile
ewa0_def_sinetaddr 0.0.0.0
ewa0_def_subnetmask 0.0.0.0
ewa0_ginetaddr 0.0.0.0
ewa0_inet_init bootp
ewa0_inetaddr 172.16.82.7
ewa0_inetfile /alpha/bootalphapc
ewa0_loop_count 3e8
ewa0_loop_inc a
ewa0_loop_patt ffffffffffffffff
ewa0_loop_size 2e
ewa0_lp_msg_node 1
ewa0_mode FastFD (Full Duplex)
ewa0_protocols BOOTP
ewa0_sinetaddr 172.16.82.1
ewa0_tftp_tries 3
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