It would be nice if it work instead of relying on the vr0. The openfirmare doesn't even have nodes for them and thus no properties in which a mac addr could be stored. Has anyone gotten to work? So should I just put in a wm?
On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:15:25 -0800 Matt Thomas <matt <at> 3am-software.com> wrote: > It would be nice if it work instead of relying on the vr0. It doesn't? Kiyohara implemented mvgbe(4) support together with gt_mainbus.c in June 2010. The driver is enabled in the GENERIC config file. > The openfirmare doesn't even have nodes for them and thus no > properties in which a mac addr could be stored. This is not needed as mvgbe(4) reads the MAC address from the chip's registers. > Has anyone gotten to work? It works for me, although I have to admit that the performance is very bad. It is even much slower than the vr(4) port, so I never use it. > So should I just put in a wm? If you need a really fast NIC, yes. ;) -- -- Frank Wille
Unfortunately the status of the ofppc port had become constantly worse over the last year and it is time to address the most important issues for 6.0. Maybe others can write something about the status of the IBM 7044/7046 ports, as I can only speak for the Pegasos 2 here. New issues for components that worked before: - (since 5.99.61) Problems after some major changes in the uvm/kmem/malloc code. The worst problem had been resolved (matt) but it still cannot mount the root file system anymore (/dev/console not found) and crashes. - (since 5.99.60) genfb(4) has wrong colors. Now it display pink kernel messages on a black background, while it was green on white before. The normal output is probably black on black now, and unreadable. The config files had not been changed. - (since 5.99.56) The disklabel on MBR partitioned disks is no longer correctly recognized. This is probably my fault. Will be fixed as soon as possible. - (since ~5.99.55) Firefox has become unstable. It crashes frequently. Tabs and the scrolling wheel stop working. Problem can also be observed on macppc. Caused by switching gcc to 4.5.3 last summer? - (since ~5.99.52) Problems with XOrg's mouse pointer acceleration make the pointer jump to the left or right screen border, and the only way to get it away from there is by typing "xset m 0". Also on macppc.(Continue reading)
Here is an update: On Wed, 1 Feb 2012 11:14:52 +0100 Frank Wille <frank <at> phoenix.owl.de> wrote: > - (since 5.99.61) Problems after some major changes in the > uvm/kmem/malloc code. The worst problem had been resolved (matt) but > it still cannot mount the root file system anymore (/dev/console not > found) and crashes. Probably solved with http://www.netbsd.org/~matt/uvm_km.txt. Needs testing. > - (since 5.99.60) genfb(4) has wrong colors. Now it display pink > kernel messages on a black background, while it was green on white > before. The normal output is probably black on black now, and > unreadable. The config files had not been changed. > > - (since 5.99.56) The disklabel on MBR partitioned disks is no longer > correctly recognized. This is probably my fault. Will be fixed as > soon as possible. This point was fixed yesterday, just in time! > - (since ~5.99.55) Firefox has become unstable. It crashes frequently. > Tabs and the scrolling wheel stop working. Problem can also be > observed on macppc. Caused by switching gcc to 4.5.3 last summer? > > - (since ~5.99.52) Problems with XOrg's mouse pointer acceleration > make the pointer jump to the left or right screen border, and the(Continue reading)
Hi, yesterday I fixed problems with writing a disk label on MBR partitioned disks. Also sysinst was reworked to allow both, installation on MBR-partitioned and RDB-partitioned disks. In the last case you are not allowed to change of rewrite the disklabel. The NetBSD label is defined by the RDB partitions. Both types seem to work on my Pegasos2, but I would like to hear whether sysinst still does its job for IBM 7044/7046 as well. -- -- Frank Wille
my pegasosII just crashed with a very recent -current kernel: mvgbe0: watchdog timeout panic: kernel diagnostic assertion "m->m_type != MT_FREE" failed: file "/usr/src/sys/kern/uipc_mbuf.c", line 571 Stopped in pid 375.1 (cvs) at netbsd:cpu_Debugger+0x10: lwz r0, 0x14(r1) db> bt 0xaa353d60: at vpanic+0x21c 0xaa353d90: at kern_assert+0x68 0xaa353dd0: at m_freem+0x124 0xaa353e00: at ether_input+0x338 0xaa353e40: at mvgbe_intr+0x320 0xaa353e90: at intr_deliver+0x7c 0xaa353ed0: at pic_handle_intr+0x1ac 0xaa353f20: at trapstart+0x684 saved LR(0xfffffffb) is invalid. i'm not convinced that kmem changes are fully working on ppc. .mrg.
On Feb 4, 2012, at 3:03 PM, matthew green wrote: > > my pegasosII just crashed with a very recent -current kernel: > > mvgbe0: watchdog timeout > panic: kernel diagnostic assertion "m->m_type != MT_FREE" failed: file "/usr/src/sys/kern/uipc_mbuf.c", line 571 > Stopped in pid 375.1 (cvs) at netbsd:cpu_Debugger+0x10: lwz r0, 0x14(r1) > db> bt > 0xaa353d60: at vpanic+0x21c > 0xaa353d90: at kern_assert+0x68 > 0xaa353dd0: at m_freem+0x124 > 0xaa353e00: at ether_input+0x338 > 0xaa353e40: at mvgbe_intr+0x320 > 0xaa353e90: at intr_deliver+0x7c > 0xaa353ed0: at pic_handle_intr+0x1ac > 0xaa353f20: at trapstart+0x684 > saved LR(0xfffffffb) is invalid. > > i'm not convinced that kmem changes are fully working on ppc. These panics happen on 5.99.60 which pre-kmem changes.
On Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:03:47 +1100 matthew green <mrg <at> eterna.com.au> wrote: > mvgbe0: watchdog timeout > panic: kernel diagnostic assertion "m->m_type != MT_FREE" failed: file > "/usr/src/sys/kern/uipc_mbuf.c", line 571 > Stopped in pid 375.1 (cvs) at I haven't seen this panic yet. What do you have to do to create it? Just run cvs on mvgbe0? -- -- Frank Wille
On Feb 4, 2012, at 3:38 PM, Frank Wille wrote: > On Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:03:47 +1100 > matthew green <mrg <at> eterna.com.au> wrote: > >> mvgbe0: watchdog timeout >> panic: kernel diagnostic assertion "m->m_type != MT_FREE" failed: file >> "/usr/src/sys/kern/uipc_mbuf.c", line 571 >> Stopped in pid 375.1 (cvs) at > > I haven't seen this panic yet. What do you have to do to create it? > Just run cvs on mvgbe0? I did it on vr0.
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