Re: Xorg startup with serial console

[Connor McLaughlan <cont6pro3%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Sun, Dec 12, 2021 at 5:17 PM Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> On Sun, 12 Dec 2021 16:19:57 +0100
> Connor McLaughlan <cont6pro3%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> > Since you reported success to get a non F-Code card booted up and
> > recognized, i wanted to try a similar thing by plugging a geforce
> > 750ti PCI-E without bridge into my Sun Ultra 25 to see how it would
> > behave. The system did not pass the power on check and went into a
> > fault state followed by a reset loop.
> >
> > Searching again the internet for clues, people are reporting that each
> > card in a Sun system needs to have Sun F-Code on it or the system will
> > not boot.
>
> This is odd, I have cards without FCode ROM in all my PCI Suns, even
> graphics cards, or cards with Apple OF. It only means OF can't use them.
> Did the machine spew any error messages on the serial port? They're
> supposed to do that even if the OF console is on a graphics device, to
> log errors which happen before the graphical console is initialized.
>
> have fun
> Michael

Hello,

currently i am trying to add a non sun gpu to my Ultra 25.

If i add a Zotac GT610 PCI, i get this error in openboot:
WARNING: /pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@9/pci@0,2/pci@1: Extended Capability
Config access failed

ERROR: /pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@9/pci@0,2: Last Trap: Fast Data Access MMU Miss

i am given an ok prompt, but can not boot the machine.


If i add a Geforce 750ti PCIe x16  to the machine, it will output a
fatal error on serial console and shortly after will go into a reset
and loop between error and reset.
The error was some register printout and the message fatal error. I
didn't record it.

So either my Ultra 25 behaves very strange or the gpu cards are not suitable.

Regards,
Connor