Hi,

I have found my notes, and OBSD 6.4 ldomctl definitely does not produce a
workable config on a T1000.

Andrew

On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 at 18:39, Andrew Grillet <[email protected]> wrote:

> HI
>
> I know for sure 6.5 does not work. I think 6.4 also did not work, because
> I thought it was a hardware
> issue at the time, and 6.5 came round before I got a machine up again, but
> I did not write anything down.
>
> I can't say which versions of ldomctl are involved, because there is no
> "version" option, no version
> in the man page, and help does not say which version it is. I can't think
> of any other way to identify
> the version.
>
> I think it is safe to say 6.3 is good, 6.4 is bad, but if you really can't
> spot the problem, I can test - but not until after
> 7th November.
>
> Andrew
>
>
> On Mon, 1 Nov 2021, 15:11 Klemens Nanni, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 04:22:27PM +0100, Andrew Grillet wrote:
>> > Thanks ...
>> >
>> > Oracle Advanced Lights Out Manager CMT v1.7.9
>> > Sun-Fire-T2000 System Firmware 6.7.10  2010/07/14 16:35
>> > Host flash versions:
>> >    OBP 4.30.4.b 2010/07/09 13:48
>> >    Hypervisor 1.7.3.c 2010/07/09 15:14
>> >    POST 4.30.4.b 2010/07/09 14:24
>> > AFAIK, this is the latest available publicly.
>> >
>> > I had to recreate the factory default each time.
>> > Now I have the system running, I am quite reluctant to go back and mess
>> it
>> > up.
>> > If you look in my zip, you will see two config directories. These were
>> each
>> > built with a fresh factory-default and the exact same ldom.conf (its
>> there
>> > for
>> > you to check if I messed up!)
>> >
>> > The process is:
>> > 1) do a factory reset
>> > 2) download the one you wish to test
>> > 3) attempt to boot.
>> >
>> > The bsd63 one will boot and run fine.
>> > The oct2021 version will give :
>> > ----%<----------------------
>> >
>> > {0} ok boot
>> >
>> > SC Alert: Host System has Reset
>> >
>> > ERROR: /pci@780: Invalid hypervisor argument(s). function: b4
>> >
>> > ERROR: /pci@780: Invalid hypervisor argument(s). function: b4
>> >
>> > ERROR: /pci@780: Invalid hypervisor argument(s). function: b5
>> >
>> >
>> > Sun Fire(TM) T1000, No Keyboard
>> > Copyright (c) 1998, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights
>> reserved.
>> > OpenBoot 4.30.4.d, 2048 MB memory available, Serial #77558134.
>> > Ethernet address 0:14:4f:9f:71:76, Host ID: 849f7176.
>> >
>> > Boot device: net  File and args:
>> > ERROR: boot-read fail
>> >
>> > Evaluating:
>> >
>> > Can't locate boot device
>> >
>> > ----%<----------------------
>> > After this, my device tree is empty.
>>
>> I'm not sure what you mean by that.
>> You mean you end up in OBP but there are no devices you can boot from?
>>
>> > Resetting to factory-default recovers the device tree, and the system
>> will
>> > boot.
>> >
>> > (Note this is from the T1000, but the T2000 results were the same apart
>> > from some differences in
>> > ID numbers and white space AFAICR).
>> >
>> > I can continue to test on the T1000
>>
>> Can you bisect OpenBSD releases, i.e. ldomctl versions, on this box?
>>
>> Apparently configurations generated with 6.3 work while those out of 6.9
>> don't, so it'd be helpful to a closer timeframe, then I can look at
>> ldomctl changes between the last good and first bad versions.
>>
>

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