Re: port-sparc64/57290

[Mike Russo <mike%PaperSolve.com@localhost>]

Thanks. I actually didn't have any luck with the -STABLE iso, NetBSD
reported 
[   1.0000000] virtio0 at pci2 dev 1 function 0
[   1.0000000] virtio0: block device (id 2, rev. 0x01)
[   1.0000000] ld0 at virtio0virtio0: feature negotiation failed
[   1.0000000] : features: 0
[   1.0000000] virtio0: virtio configuration failed



So I re-downloaded the NetBSD-daily/HEAD/latest one, and with a qemu
compiled freshly from git today, and reinstalled.  For the record build
date was 
NetBSD 10.99.12 (GENERIC) #0: Sun Dec  8 07:53:18 UTC 2024



 The following are the http site, directory, user, and password that
will be
 used.  If "user" is "ftp", then the password is not needed.
                                                                         
       
 a: Host                                nycdn.NetBSD.org
>b: Base directory                      pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/latest

 c: Binary set directory                /sparc64/binary/sets
 d: Source set directory                /source/sets
 e: File extension                      .tgz
 f: User                                ftp
 g: Password
 h: Proxy
 i: Transfer directory                  /usr/INSTALL
 j: Delete after install                No
 k: Configure network          
 l: Exit                       
 x: Get Distribution           
                    

It went well, I still had the issue where it reports
   4.2949196] WARNING: 1 error while detecting hardware; check system
log.
[   4.3045692] FATAL: boot device not found, check your firmware
settings!


but now I just typed ld0 at the "root device:" prompt (I don't think I
even realized it was a prompt, lol) and accept the other defaults and it
worked and booted fine. 

WRT to 57289, I was dubious at first that it might need support in
qemu's OpenBIOS because it now says it can't manage this device before
we even try to boot NetBSD:

 ~/qemu  qemu-system-sparc64 -cdrom ./NetBSD-10.99.12-sparc64.iso -m
2048 -net nic,model=virtio-net-pci -net user -nographic -boot d
OpenBIOS for Sparc64
Cannot manage 'ethernet controller' PCI device type 'network':
 1af4 1041 (2 0 0)


BUT the latest 10.99.12 ISO works - I am able to ifconfig it and ping
host.

# ifconfig vioif0 10.0.2.15/24
# 
# 
# ifconfig -a
vioif0: flags=0x8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        ec_capabilities=0x1<VLAN_MTU>
        ec_enabled=0
        address: 52:54:00:12:34:56
        status: active
        inet6 fe80::5054:ff:fe12:3456%vioif0/64 flags 0 scopeid 0x1
        inet 10.0.2.15/24 broadcast 10.0.2.255 flags 0
lo0: flags=0x8048<LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 33112
        status: active
# ping 10.0.2.2
PING 10.0.2.2 (10.0.2.2): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 10.0.2.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=15.117060 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.2.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=2.456240 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.2.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=1.559070 ms


So that is great news!


-- 
Michael Russo | Systems Engineer | PaperSolve, Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: George Matsumura via gnats <gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost>
Reply-To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
To: port-sparc64-maintainer%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-
bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, mike%papersolve.com@localhost
Subject: Re: port-sparc64/57290
Date: 12/07/2024 07:35:01 PM

The following reply was made to PR port-sparc64/57290; it has been noted
by GNATS.

From: George Matsumura <gorg%gorgnet.net@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-sparc64/57290
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2024 17:30:51 -0700

 Greetings,
 
 I apologize for the late reply.
 
 The changes in question seem to have now been integrated into the
netbsd-10
 branch. Therefore, you should be able to use this image instead now:
 
 
https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-10/202412041400Z/images/NetBSD-10.0_STABLE-sparc64.iso
 
 As for the issues you have been having most recently, I would just want
to make
 sure that you were downloading the binary sets from the netbsd-10
branch in
 addition to just the install image.
 
 For example, I think you would use:
 
 nycdn.netbsd.org
 for "Host"
 
 pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-10/202412041400Z
 for "Base Directory"
 
 /sparc64/binary/sets
 for "Binary set directory"
 
 and
 /source/sets/
 for "Source set directory"
 
 in sysinst to use a fixed revision on the netbsd-10 branch if you are
 installing via http.
 
 If using new sets does not help with root device detection, I would
think you
 could type something like "ld0" at the "root device:" prompt, although
I am not
 sure this would address the other issues.
 
 Also, would the discussion in this issue also apply to your PR #57289?:
 
 
https://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=57289
 
 I hope this is useful. Please let me know if the issues persist.
 
 Regards,
 George