Re: can't boot sparc32 2.4.x (level 15 interrupt)

[Aaron Dewell]

I just realized (ok, blond moment :) that it's probably SMP related.  Of 
course, I turned on SMP.  Is there any known issues with sparc32 and SMP?

On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Aaron Dewell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm seeing some problems booting a sparc20 with 2.4.x.  Same results
> with 2.4.0, 2.4.1, and 2.4.2, and I tried some quantity of -ac* patches
> as well.  My kernel configuration is included.
> 
> For the example included it's booting from a serial console, but I got
> the same result with the keyboard+monitor connected.  It is currently
> running 2.2.18.  I can send any more information that's useful.
> 
> Hardware:
> 
> Sparc20
> 2xSM71
> hme
> 6x64MB SIMMS
> 2x8MB VSIMMS
> cdrom, hd, etc.
> External Zip 100 on external bus (not the hme bus)
> All the builtin stuff:  dbri, cg14, esp, lance, etc.
> 
> I'm not sure how relevant all that is, but there it is just in case.  I
> can test patches, but I'm not that good at kernel hacking to the point
> of being able to produce one for this.  Actually, I can't say it's all
> sparc32s, because I only have two, and they are both the same
> configuration.  An Ultra next to it works well with 2.4.x.
> 
> Aaron
> 
> 
> SPARCstation 20 MP (2 X SuperSPARC-II), No Keyboard
> ROM Rev. 2.25, 384 MB memory installed, Serial #8467761.
> Ethernet address 8:0:20:81:35:31, Host ID: 72813531.
> 
> 
> 
> Boot device: /iommu/sbus/espdma@f,400000/esp@f,800000/sd@3,0  File and args: 
> SILO boot: 
> Uncompressing image...
> PROMLIB: obio_ranges 5
> bootmem_init: Scan sp_banks,  init_bootmem(spfn[226],bpfn[226],mlpfn[c000])
> free_bootmem: base[0] size[c000000]
> reserve_bootmem: base[0] size[226000]
> reserve_bootmem: base[226000] size[1800]
> Level 15 Interrupt
> Type  help  for more information
> <#2> ok