Hey Joy I installed software on Solaris and reconfigured the RSC card. I can now interact with the machine using RSC.
For interest's sake, when booting Lenny with no arguments this happens : " Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel Loaded kernel version 2.6.26 Loading initial ramdisk (4311252 bytes at 0xD1F9002000 phys, 0x40C00000 virt)... | [ 0.000000] PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 'OBP 4.22.34 2007/07/23 13:01' [ 0.000000] PROMLIB: Root node compatible: [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu [ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.26-2-sparc64 (Debian 2.6.26-19) ([email protected]) (gcc version 4.1.3 20080704 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-25)) #1 Thu Aug 20 15:21:01 UTC 2009 [ 0.000000] console [earlyprom0] enabled [ 0.000000] ARCH: SUN4U [ 0.000000] Ethernet address: 00:14:4f:1e:47:f9 [ 0.000000] Kernel: Using 1 locked TLB entries for main kernel image. [ 0.000000] Remapping the kernel... done. [ 0.000000] OF stdout device is: /p...@9,700000/e...@1/rsc-cons...@1,3083f8 [ 0.000000] PROM: Built device tree with 192840 bytes of memory. [ 0.000000] Top of RAM: 0xd1ffb16000, Total RAM: 0x7ffb0c000 [ 0.000000] Memory hole size: 827392MB [ 0.000000] [0000000318000000-fffff8a000400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1120/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000318000000-fffff8a000800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1121/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000318700000-fffff8a000c00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1122/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000318700000-fffff8a001000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1123/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000318e00000-fffff8a001400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1124/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000318e00000-fffff8a001800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1125/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000319500000-fffff8a001c00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1126/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000319c00000-fffff8a002000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1127/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000319c00000-fffff8a002400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1128/0 [ 0.000000] [000000031a300000-fffff8a002800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1129/0 [ 0.000000] [000000031a300000-fffff8a002c00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1130/0 [ 0.000000] [000000031aa00000-fffff8a003000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1131/0 [ 0.000000] [000000031aa00000-fffff8a003400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1132/0 [ 0.000000] [000000031b100000-fffff8a003800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1133/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000334000000-fffff8a003c00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1232/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000334000000-fffff8a004000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1233/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000334700000-fffff8a004400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1234/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000334700000-fffff8a004800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1235/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000334e00000-fffff8a004c00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1236/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000334e00000-fffff8a005000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1237/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000335500000-fffff8a005400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1238/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000335c00000-fffff8a005800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1239/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000335c00000-fffff8a005c00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1240/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000336300000-fffff8a006000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1241/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000336300000-fffff8a006400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1242/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000336a00000-fffff8a006800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1243/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000336a00000-fffff8a006c00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1244/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000337100000-fffff8a007000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1245/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000350000000-fffff8a007400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1344/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000350000000-fffff8a007800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1345/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000350700000-fffff8a007c00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1346/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000350700000-fffff8a008000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1347/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000350e00000-fffff8a008400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1348/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000350e00000-fffff8a008800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1349/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000351500000-fffff8a008c00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1350/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000351c00000-fffff8a009000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1351/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000351c00000-fffff8a009400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1352/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000352300000-fffff8a009800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1353/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000352300000-fffff8a009c00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1354/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000352a00000-fffff8a00a000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1355/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000352a00000-fffff8a00a400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1356/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000353100000-fffff8a00a800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1357/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036c000000-fffff8a00ac00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1456/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036c000000-fffff8a00b000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1457/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036c700000-fffff8a00b400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1458/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036c700000-fffff8a00b800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1459/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036ce00000-fffff8a00bc00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1460/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036ce00000-fffff8a00c000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1461/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036d500000-fffff8a00c400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1462/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036dc00000-fffff8a00c800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1463/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036dc00000-fffff8a00cc00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1464/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036e300000-fffff8a00d000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1465/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036e300000-fffff8a00d400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1466/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036ea00000-fffff8a00d800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1467/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036ea00000-fffff8a00dc00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1468/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036f100000-fffff8a00e000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1469/0 [ 0.000000] Zone PFN ranges: [ 0.000000] Normal 83886080 -> 110099851 [ 0.000000] Movable zone start PFN for each node [ 0.000000] early_node_map[7] active PFN ranges [ 0.000000] 0: 83886080 -> 84934656 [ 0.000000] 0: 92274688 -> 93323264 [ 0.000000] 0: 100663296 -> 101711872 [ 0.000000] 0: 109051904 -> 110086144 [ 0.000000] 0: 110086145 -> 110098431 [ 0.000000] 0: 110098432 -> 110099840 [ 0.000000] 0: 110099843 -> 110099851 [ 0.000000] Booting Linux... [ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 4014474 [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: [ 0.000000] PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 32768 bytes) [ 0.000000] clocksource: mult[640000] shift[16] [ 0.000000] clockevent: mult[28f5c28] shift[32] [ 77.759664] Console: colour dummy device 80x25 [ 77.764062] console handover: boot [earlyprom0] -> real [tty0] " when booting Lenny with console=ttyS0 : " boot: install console=ttyS0 Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel Loaded kernel version 2.6.26 Loading initial ramdisk (4311252 bytes at 0xD1F9002000 phys, 0x40C00000 virt)... | RSC Alert: Host System has Reset [ 0.000000] PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 'OBP 4.22.34 2007/07/23 13:01' [ 0.000000] PROMLIB: Root node compatible: [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu [ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.26-2-sparc64 (Debian 2.6.26-19) ([email protected]) (gcc version 4.1.3 20080704 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-25)) #1 Thu Aug 20 15:21:01 UTC 2009 [ 0.000000] console [earlyprom0] enabled [ 0.000000] ARCH: SUN4U [ 0.000000] Ethernet address: 00:14:4f:1e:47:f9 [ 0.000000] Kernel: Using 1 locked TLB entries for main kernel image. [ 0.000000] Remapping the kernel... done. [ 0.000000] OF stdout device is: /p...@9,700000/e...@1/rsc-cons...@1,3083f8 [ 0.000000] PROM: Built device tree with 192840 bytes of memory. [ 0.000000] Top of RAM: 0xd1ffb16000, Total RAM: 0x7ffb0c000 [ 0.000000] Memory hole size: 827392MB [ 0.000000] [0000000318000000-fffff8a000400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1120/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000318000000-fffff8a000800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1121/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000318700000-fffff8a000c00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1122/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000318700000-fffff8a001000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1123/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000318e00000-fffff8a001400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1124/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000318e00000-fffff8a001800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1125/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000319500000-fffff8a001c00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1126/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000319c00000-fffff8a002000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1127/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000319c00000-fffff8a002400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1128/0 [ 0.000000] [000000031a300000-fffff8a002800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1129/0 [ 0.000000] [000000031a300000-fffff8a002c00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1130/0 [ 0.000000] [000000031aa00000-fffff8a003000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1131/0 [ 0.000000] [000000031aa00000-fffff8a003400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1132/0 [ 0.000000] [000000031b100000-fffff8a003800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1133/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000334000000-fffff8a003c00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1232/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000334000000-fffff8a004000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1233/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000334700000-fffff8a004400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1234/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000334700000-fffff8a004800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1235/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000334e00000-fffff8a004c00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1236/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000334e00000-fffff8a005000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1237/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000335500000-fffff8a005400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1238/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000335c00000-fffff8a005800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1239/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000335c00000-fffff8a005c00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1240/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000336300000-fffff8a006000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1241/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000336300000-fffff8a006400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1242/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000336a00000-fffff8a006800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1243/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000336a00000-fffff8a006c00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1244/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000337100000-fffff8a007000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1245/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000350000000-fffff8a007400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1344/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000350000000-fffff8a007800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1345/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000350700000-fffff8a007c00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1346/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000350700000-fffff8a008000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1347/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000350e00000-fffff8a008400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1348/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000350e00000-fffff8a008800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1349/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000351500000-fffff8a008c00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1350/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000351c00000-fffff8a009000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1351/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000351c00000-fffff8a009400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1352/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000352300000-fffff8a009800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1353/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000352300000-fffff8a009c00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1354/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000352a00000-fffff8a00a000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1355/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000352a00000-fffff8a00a400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1356/0 [ 0.000000] [0000000353100000-fffff8a00a800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1357/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036c000000-fffff8a00ac00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1456/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036c000000-fffff8a00b000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1457/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036c700000-fffff8a00b400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1458/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036c700000-fffff8a00b800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1459/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036ce00000-fffff8a00bc00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1460/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036ce00000-fffff8a00c000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1461/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036d500000-fffff8a00c400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1462/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036dc00000-fffff8a00c800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1463/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036dc00000-fffff8a00cc00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1464/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036e300000-fffff8a00d000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1465/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036e300000-fffff8a00d400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1466/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036ea00000-fffff8a00d800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1467/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036ea00000-fffff8a00dc00000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1468/0 [ 0.000000] [000000036f100000-fffff8a00e000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=1469/0 [ 0.000000] Zone PFN ranges: [ 0.000000] Normal 83886080 -> 110099851 [ 0.000000] Movable zone start PFN for each node [ 0.000000] early_node_map[7] active PFN ranges [ 0.000000] 0: 83886080 -> 84934656 [ 0.000000] 0: 92274688 -> 93323264 [ 0.000000] 0: 100663296 -> 101711872 [ 0.000000] 0: 109051904 -> 110086144 [ 0.000000] 0: 110086145 -> 110098431 [ 0.000000] 0: 110098432 -> 110099840 [ 0.000000] 0: 110099843 -> 110099851 [ 0.000000] Booting Linux... [ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 4014474 [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: console=ttyS0 [ 0.000000] PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 32768 bytes) [ 0.000000] clocksource: mult[640000] shift[16] [ 0.000000] clockevent: mult[28f5c28] shift[32] [ 63.487127] Console: colour dummy device 80x25 [ 63.519707] Dentry cache hash table entries: 4194304 (order: 12, 33554432 bytes) [ 63.565488] Inode-cache hash table entries: 2097152 (order: 11, 16777216 bytes) [ 66.173575] Memory: 33261120k available (2592k kernel code, 944k data, 176k init) [fffff80000000000,000000d1ffb16000] [ 66.263521] Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 19.85 BogoMIPS (lpj=39704) [ 66.271519] Security Framework initialized [ 66.275546] SELinux: Disabled at boot. [ 66.279353] Capability LSM initialized [ 66.283098] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 [ 66.287841] Initializing cgroup subsys ns [ 66.291770] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct [ 66.296185] Initializing cgroup subsys devices [ 66.300767] Kernel unaligned access at TPC[46d24c] notifier_chain_register+0x10/0x38 [ 66.308426] Unable to handle kernel paging request in mna handler<1> at virtual address e00000a00b000046 [ 66.317863] current->{active_,}mm->context = 0000000000000000 [ 66.323581] current->{active_,}mm->pgd = fffff8d1ff3b2104 [ 66.328955] \|/ ____ \|/ [ 66.328957] "@'/ .. \`@" [ 66.328959] /_| \__/ |_\ [ 66.328961] \__U_/ [ 66.343598] swapper(1): Oops [#1] [ 66.346894] TSTATE: 0000008880f01605 TPC: 000000000046d24c TNPC: 000000000046d250 Y: 00000000 Not tainted [ 66.356685] TPC: <notifier_chain_register+0x10/0x38> [ 66.361623] g0: 00000000000200d0 g1: 0000000000000001 g2: 0000000000000000 g3: e00000a00b000036 [ 66.370288] g4: fffff8d1fe02f6e0 g5: 0000000000000000 g6: fffff8d1fe03c000 g7: fffff8d1fe02ebe8 [ 66.378954] o0: 00000000007b7aa8 o1: 0000000000748528 o2: 0000000000000000 o3: fffff8d1fd93dff9 [ 66.387619] o4: 0000000000774000 o5: 0000000000000005 sp: fffff8d1fe03f581 ret_pc: 000000000046d33c [ 66.396633] RPC: <atomic_notifier_chain_register+0x1c/0x44> [ 66.402178] l0: fffff8d1fe03c000 l1: fffff8d1fe02f6e0 l2: fffff8d1fe02f140 l3: fffff8d1fe02f3c0 [ 66.410842] l4: 0000000000000002 l5: 000000000073c040 l6: 0000000000000020 l7: 0000000000000010 [ 66.419509] i0: 00000000007b7aa8 i1: 0000000000000000 i2: 0000000000426df4 i3: 0000000000000000 [ 66.428174] i4: 0000000000000000 i5: 0000000000000000 i6: fffff8d1fe03f641 i7: 0000000000782128 [ 66.436844] I7: <kernel_init+0x38/0x204> [ 66.440738] Caller[0000000000782128]: kernel_init+0x38/0x204 [ 66.446369] Caller[0000000000426df8]: kernel_thread+0x38/0x48 [ 66.452088] Caller[000000000067bae0]: rest_init+0x18/0x60 [ 66.457461] Instruction DUMP: 01000000 10680008 c65a0000 <c200e010> 80a08001 34400007 c6726008 9000e008 c65a0000 [ 66.468209] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! [ 66.474100] Kernel unaligned access at TPC[46d2c4] notifier_call_chain+0x18/0x74 [ 66.481465] Unable to handle kernel paging request in mna handler<1> at virtual address e00000a00b000036 [ 66.490909] current->{active_,}mm->context = 0000000000000000 [ 66.496627] current->{active_,}mm->pgd = fffff8d1ff3b2104 [ 66.502000] \|/ ____ \|/ [ 66.502002] "@'/ .. \`@" [ 66.502004] /_| \__/ |_\ [ 66.502006] \__U_/ [ 66.516645] swapper(1): Oops [#2] [ 66.519940] TSTATE: 0000000080f09605 TPC: 000000000046d2c4 TNPC: 000000000046d2c8 Y: 00000000 Tainted: G D [ 66.530423] TPC: <notifier_call_chain+0x18/0x74> [ 66.535015] g0: 0000000000744000 g1: 0000000000000001 g2: 0000000000000001 g3: 00000000007440c0 [ 66.543681] g4: fffff8d1fe02f6e0 g5: 0000000000000000 g6: fffff8d1fe03c000 g7: 0000000000000001 [ 66.552345] o0: e00000a00b000036 o1: 0000000000000000 o2: 00000000007b7ad0 o3: fffff8d1fe03f8e8 [ 66.561012] o4: 0000000000744000 o5: 00000000007bc400 sp: fffff8d1fe03ee01 ret_pc: 0000000000557fcc [ 66.570033] RPC: <bust_spinlocks+0x48/0x4c> [ 66.574183] l0: e00000a00b000036 l1: 0000000000000000 l2: 00000000007b7ed0 l3: ffffffffffffd624 [ 66.582848] l4: 00000000007b7ad0 l5: 000000000073c040 l6: 0000000000000020 l7: 0000000000000010 [ 66.591513] i0: 0000000000000000 i1: 0000000000000000 i2: 00000000007b7ad0 i3: fffffffffffffffe [ 66.600178] i4: 0000000000000000 i5: 0000000000004000 i6: fffff8d1fe03eec1 i7: 0000000000456e88 [ 66.608846] I7: <panic+0x6c/0x164> [ 66.612221] Caller[0000000000456e88]: panic+0x6c/0x164 [ 66.617334] Caller[000000000045a250]: do_exit+0x6c/0x6f8 [ 66.622620] Caller[0000000000428c40]: die_if_kernel+0x238/0x2d4 [ 66.628512] Caller[00000000004344b8]: kernel_mna_trap_fault+0xc8/0xfc [ 66.634925] Caller[00000000004349c8]: kernel_unaligned_trap +0x4dc/0x520 [ 66.641511] Caller[0000000000428750]: mem_address_unaligned+0x58/0x90 [ 66.647923] Caller[0000000000405e08]: do_mna+0x44/0x4c [ 66.653036] Caller[000000000046d33c]: atomic_notifier_chain_register +0x1c/0x44 [ 66.660229] Caller[0000000000782128]: kernel_init+0x38/0x204 [ 66.665860] Caller[0000000000426df8]: kernel_thread+0x38/0x48 [ 66.671580] Caller[000000000067bae0]: rest_init+0x18/0x60 [ 66.676952] Instruction DUMP: e05e0000 1068000f b0102000 <c25c0000> e05c2008 9fc04000 01000000 03000020 b0100008 [ 66.687698] Fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed! " and on Etch (with console=ttyS0,9600n1): " boot: install console=ttyS0,9600n1 Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel Loaded kernel version 2.6.18 Loading initial ramdisk (3878328 bytes at 0xD1F9002000 phys, 0x40C00000 virt)... / Remapping the kernel... done. Booting Linux... " and sorry about the multiple threads earlier. I'll try using Evolution to respond to the list. The RSC makes life a lot easier. Aaron -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
