Subject: Re: SPARCengine Ultra AXi bogus power failure
To: None <port-sparc64@netbsd.org>
From: Francis Devereux <francis@devrx.org>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 03/01/2003 14:05:02
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 12:51:03PM -0800, Eduardo Horvath wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 10:14:00PM +0000, Francis Devereux wrote:
> > I also commented out the line in the interrupt handler that actually powers
> > down. I now get an endless stream of "Power Failure Detected" messages, it
> > seems like the interrupt is being triggered repeatedly.
>
> It's beginning to look like that board you have is not wired together
> correctly. The process of dispatching the interrupt also clears it so
> the interrupt controller detects it again and sends a new interrupt
> packet. Are you sure it's a Sun OEM board that's been repackaged
> and not clone board?
I'm not sure. The board has 'MB-ULTRAII i19 MADE IN TAIWAN' printed on it
on the edge near the PCI slots. It seems to be laid out like the diagrams in
the OEM Technical Manual I downloaded from Sun. There is a chip in the middle
of the board with a Sun logo on it (labelled STP2003QFP).
> I'll have to think about this.... Since it seems that the OFW system
> ID strings are not used very consistently, determining whether to install
> the handler based on that is probably not the best idea.