Hi
 Can someone confirm with me that it is possible to boot an ARC
bios/firmware machine from the _serial port_ without anything connected to
the keyboard or video?

 From what I have read below, the answer is YES, and this is the second time
that someone has mentioned this.

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Hopper" <dhop@nwlink.com>
To: <port-arc@netbsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: FW: NEC RiscStation and NetBSD


> I'm very close, I think, to getting Bob's 1.51 image onto this 2000 model;
I
> just need a quick pointer.  It's a fresh install, on an existing NT
system.
> Upon asking for a root device, do I need to have a root install filesystem
on a
> floppy (bummer, since this floppy's toast).
>
> Here's the startup from the 1.51 arc.iso-- from the COM port, as there's
no
> video; it's a Jazz VXL 484 video card, according to arcdiag and the
jzvxl484.sys
> driver in NT.
>
>                 class: Controller, type: DisplayController
>                  flags: ConsoleOut|Output
>                  version: 0, revision: 1
>                  key: 0
>                  affinity_mask: 0xffffffff
>                  config_data_len: 32
>                  id: 4:[VXL\x00]
>                  config data version: 1, revision: 0, count: 1245188
>                  resource count 1245188 too big: use 1 instead
>                   type: Null
>                    share_disposition: Undetermined, flags: 0x6000
>                    data:
[0x0:0x0:0x20:0x0:0x0:0x80:0x0:0x60:0x0:0x10:0x0:0x0]
>                  raw count: [0x4:0x0:0x13:0x0]
>                  raw data:
>
24:[0x0:0x0:0x0:0x60:0x0:0x0:0x20:0x0:0x0:0x80:0x0:0x60:0x0:0x10:0x0:0x0:0x0
:0x0:0x0:0x40:0x0:0x0:0x20:0x0]
>
> NetBSD 1.5S (RAMDISK) #3: Thu Mar 22 09:44:29 PST 2001
>     bobm@client.cci.net:/u/usr/src/sys/arch/arc/compile/RAMDISK
> NEC-R94
> total memory = 32768 KB
> avail memory = 22856 KB
> using 435 buffers containing 1740 KB of memory
> mainbus0 (root)
> cpu0 at mainbus0: MIPS R4400 CPU (0x450) Rev. 5.0 with MIPS R4010 FPC Rev.
0.0
> cpu0: L1 cache: 16KB/32B instruction, 16KB/32B data, direct mapped
> cpu0: L2 cache: 512KB/64B mixed, no snooping
> jazzio0 at mainbus0
> aclock0 at jazzio0 addr 0xe0004000 intr 0: mc146818 or compatible
> lpt0 at jazzio0 addr 0xe0008000 intr 1
> fdc0 at jazzio0 addr 0xe000c000 intr 2
> fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
> sn0 at jazzio0 addr 0xe0001000 intr 4: bufsize 28480 address
00:00:4c:75:27:fd
> arcsiop0 at jazzio0 addr 0xe0002000 intr 5: SCSI ID 7
> scsibus0 at arcsiop0: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
> pckbc0 at jazzio0 addr 0xe0005000 intr 7
> pckbdprobe: reset response 0x0
> pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
> wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
> pms at jazzio0 addr 0xe0005000 intr 8 not configured
> com0 at jazzio0 addr 0xe0006000 intr 9: ns16550a, working fifo
> com0: txfifo disabled
> com0: console
> com1 at jazzio0 addr 0xe0007000 intr 10: ns16550a, working fifo
> com1: txfifo disabled
> isabr0 at mainbus0
> isa0 at isabr0 isa_io_base 0xe2000000 isa_mem_base 0xe3000000
> scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
> sd0 at scsibus0 target 0 lun 0: <DEC, DSP3107LS, 441H> SCSI2 0/direct
fixed
> sd0: 1021 MB, 3117 cyl, 8 head, 83 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 2091144 sectors
> cd0 at scsibus0 target 4 lun 0: <NEC, CD-ROM DRIVE:500, 2.5> SCSI2 5/cdrom
> removable
> md0: internal 3072 KB image area
> boot device: <unknown>
> root device (default md0a):
>
> Thanks,
> David Hopper
> dhop@nwlink.com
>
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin
>
>
> brian@onehumanfamily.com wrote:
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian Armstrong
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 9:30 AM
> > To: 'Bob Meader'
> > Subject: RE: NEC RiscStation and NetBSD
> >
> > Hi Bob,
> >
> > Can you send me the link to the new directory.
> >
> > I'll let you know if there are any issues on the NEC RiscStation 2000.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Brian Armstrong.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bob Meader [mailto:bob@cci.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 9:18 AM
> > To: brian@onehumanfamily.com; port-arc@netbsd.org
> > Subject: RE: NEC RiscStation and NetBSD
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've read through the archives for the NetBSD port-arc project, and seen
> > that there was a release 1.51 which somebody had made an install as an
ISO
> > image.  I tried to go to the FTP link suggested but no dice, the link is
> > broken now.  Does anybody have this ISO image that I can download from
> > somewhere?
> > I did the "iso" build, the ftp site is still there, the image just
> > 'moved' to different directory...
> >
> > Also, I will be trying to install this build on an NEC RiscStation 2000,
not
> > a 2200 which is the posted support build, are there any issues I should
be
> > aware of?
> >
> > Every RiscStation/RiscServer I am aware of is slightly different from
each
> > other requiring specific support in kernel to boot...ie I don't know
> > if the image will work...I heard of RiscStation 2200/2250 didn't know
> >  there was RiscStation 2000.
>