Don't get Sun SPARC T2000 Enterprise booting with any(?) kernel

[Denny Schierz]

hi @all,

(please CC: me)

I have a Sun Enterprise T2000 and I try to get Debian onto the disks, but it fails with kernel 2.6.32, 2.6.39, 3.2, the latest stable kernel and 3.3.0-rc5. I have build for my Sunfire v245 a NFS rescue system and I was 3 or 4 times able to boot into my NFS root from the T2000. But in most cases it fails:

[   60.554011] IP-Config: Got DHCP answer from 192.168.1.1, my address is 192.168.1.12
[   61.137949] IP-Config: Complete:
[   61.138047]      device=eth3, addr=192.168.1.12, mask=255.255.255.0, gw=192.168.1.1,
[   61.138243]      host=e01, domain=foo, nis-domain=(none),
[   61.138428]      bootserver=192.168.1.1, rootserver=192.168.1.1, rootpath=/srv/fai-sparc/nfsroot
[   61.138774] Warning: unable to open an initial console.
[   61.144119] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
[   61.144242] Call Trace:
[   61.144294]  [000000000045b8f8] do_exit+0xa8/0x6bc
[   61.144344]  [000000000045bf7c] do_group_exit+0x70/0xa8
[   61.144405]  [000000000045bfcc] SyS_exit_group+0x18/0x28
[   61.144472]  [0000000000405fd4] linux_sparc_syscall32+0x34/0x40
[   61.144583] Press Stop-A (L1-A) to return to the boot prom

[   83.503215] rtc-sun4v rtc-sun4v: setting system clock to 2012-02-25 11:06:56 UTC (1330168016)
[   85.678958] e1000e: eth3 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx
[   85.679152] e1000e 0001:07:00.1: eth3: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
[   85.693972] Sending DHCP requests ., OK
[   87.202052] IP-Config: Got DHCP answer from 192.168.1.1, my address is 192.168.1.12
[   87.786547] IP-Config: Complete:
[   87.786669]      device=eth3, addr=192.168.1.12, mask=255.255.255.0, gw=192.168.1.1,
[   87.786865]      host=e01, domain=foo, nis-domain=(none),
[   87.786950]      bootserver=192.168.1.1, rootserver=192.168.1.1, rootpath=/srv/fai-sparc/nfsroot
[   87.787123] Warning: unable to open an initial console.
[   87.792121] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
[   87.792197] Call Trace:
[   87.792249]  [000000000045b8f8] do_exit+0xa8/0x6bc
[   87.792299]  [000000000045bf7c] do_group_exit+0x70/0xa8
[   87.792360]  [000000000045bfcc] SyS_exit_group+0x18/0x28
[   87.792427]  [0000000000405fd4] linux_sparc_syscall32+0x34/0x40
[   87.792539] Press Stop-A (L1-A) to return to the boot prom

Complete boot dmesg 2.6.39  : http://pastebin.com/NWp79bG3
Kernel Config: https://www.pug.org/mediawiki/images/4/4e/Config-fai.txt

Complete boot dmesg 3.3.0-rc5  : http://pastebin.com/7kKZKWpk


I also tried different Debian installer, but older Lenny images and new Squeeze, fails:

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â [ 1753.931851] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 000000f203204000
[ 1753.932033] tsk->{mm,active_mm}->context = 000000000000018d              â
[ 1753.932134] tsk->{mm,active_mm}->pgd = fffff801fd52a000âââââââââââââââââââ
[ 1753.932670] Kernel panic - not syncing: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
[ 1753.933114] Press Stop-A (L1-A) to return to the boot prom

Mostly accessing the hardware/ or detection from it.

So, I need some suggestions to get it working. Most problem: I have only 9.4-9.5MB for the kernel + initrd image, otherwise, the OpenBoot Firmware doesn't load it.

If it helps, I can make this host public for some people, to try out, what is the problem.

Also, I put the latest firmware on it, but it helps only a few times to get booting into the NFSroot.

Additional infos:

SPARC-Enterprise-T2000 System Firmware 6.7.12  2011/07/06 20:03

Host flash versions:
   OBP 4.30.4.d 2011/07/06 14:29
   Hypervisor 1.7.3.c 2010/07/09 15:14
   POST 4.30.4.b 2010/07/09 14:24 

sc> showsc version -v

Advanced Lights Out Manager CMT v1.7.11
SC Firmware version: CMT 1.7.11
SC Bootmon version: CMT 1.7.11

VBSC 1.7.3.d
VBSC firmware built Jul  6 2011, 19:27:17

SC Bootmon Build Release: 01
SC bootmon checksum: 4CB78FC8
SC Bootmon built Jul  6 2011, 19:37:05

SC Build Release: 01
SC firmware checksum: C41F3325

SC firmware built Jul  6 2011, 19:37:18
SC firmware flashupdate SAT FEB 25 23:51:16 2012

SC System Memory Size: 32 MB
SC NVRAM Version = 14
SC hardware type: 4

FPGA Version: 4.2.4.7



cu denny

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