Gentoo Forums
Gentoo Forums
Gentoo Forums
Quick Search: in
Cannot install Gentoo on Ultra Sparc machine
View unanswered posts
View posts from last 24 hours

 
Reply to topic    Gentoo Forums Forum Index Gentoo on Sparc
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
amy1052
n00b
n00b


Joined: 14 Nov 2012
Posts: 2

PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:52 pm    Post subject: Cannot install Gentoo on Ultra Sparc machine Reply with quote

Hello there,

I tried to install Gentoo Linux for Sparc 4bit on one of our board which is based around the 550MHZ ultraSparc2e CPU.
We have an immediate problem during the install out of the Gentoo CDROM, which is that after the CDROM is booted
from OBP (boot cdrom).

I got error message "Console tty0 enabled boot console disable".

It looks like the SCSI controller (SYMBIOS) is not seen by Linux. I need to mention that on that board, we have two
PCI-PCI bridges (pci@1 and pci@2) right underneath the ultraSparc2e PCI interface. pci@1 is an ABP PCI-PCI bridge and pci@2 is an Intel 21154
PCI-PCI. The SCSI controller is behind the Intel bridge.

Any idea? Please help.
Thanks in advance.
Amy
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
chithanh
Developer
Developer


Joined: 05 Aug 2006
Posts: 2158
Location: Berlin, Germany

PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 2:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If PCI devices behind bridges are not seen, try booting with pci=assign-busses or pci=routeirq kernel parameter.

If it still doesn't work, /usr/src/linux/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt has some more parameters to try.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
amy1052
n00b
n00b


Joined: 14 Nov 2012
Posts: 2

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 10:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

chithanh wrote:
If PCI devices behind bridges are not seen, try booting with pci=assign-busses or pci=routeirq kernel parameter.

If it still doesn't work, /usr/src/linux/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt has some more parameters to try.


Quote:
Chithanh, Thank you very much for your suggestions. I tried your options and other (bioirq) but it doesn't work. I got kernel panic and error message pci_device_probe 0x54/0x8c while I booted from Gentoo Sparc 2007 (mini).
[/post]
When I tried Gentoo Sparc Univeral (2007) with your options and other (bioirq), I got error : calling free_all_bootmem() and it was hang after that.

Any idea?
Thanks,
Amy
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Gentoo Forums Forum Index Gentoo on Sparc All times are GMT
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum