Compaq c-series 810 kernel bootstrap issue.

[jscottkasten]

Hi guys,

Curious to know if anyone has tried the 4.0 or 4.0.1 kernel on an 810 yet?

Right after the pbsdboot1 loads the kernel, and execs, it goes to a mostly black screen with white "snow", then hangs.  I have to reset to get out.

I am using the TX3912 kernel from the FTP site.  I already have an exploded 4.0 userland on the flash card that works fine in a MobilePro 880.  I was hopeing to just switch kernels to boot the 810.

I tried backing up to the 3.1.1 and 3.0.3 kernels.  They booted far enough to show Irq assignments, PCMCIA probe, and the wd0 probe of the flash.  Then it hung.  However, I'm also guessing that could be due to the mismatched kernel and userland at that point since it looks nearly ready to launch init.

I would like to know any successes or failures with the more recent kernels that people have had.

Regards,

-S-

[Izumi Tsutsui]

jscottkasten@... wrote:

> Curious to know if anyone has tried the 4.0 or 4.0.1 kernel on an 810 yet?
>
> Right after the pbsdboot1 loads the kernel, and execs,
> it goes to a mostly black screen with white "snow", then hangs.
> I have to reset to get out.
>
> I am using the TX3912 kernel from the FTP site.

TX39xx kernels had a problem and it has been fixed in -current
and netbsd-4 branch (but not in netbsd-4-0):
http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2008/01/26/msg001361.html

It's worth to try netbsd-4 (4.0_STABLE) or 5.0_RC2:

ftp://ftp.jp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-4/200901280002Z/
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-5-0-RC2/200902090142Z/

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Izumi Tsutsui

[jscottkasten]

--- On Wed, 2/18/09, Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@...> wrote:

> TX39xx kernels had a problem and it has been fixed in
> -current
> and netbsd-4 branch (but not in netbsd-4-0):
> http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2008/01/26/msg001361.html
>
> It's worth to try netbsd-4 (4.0_STABLE) or 5.0_RC2:
>
> ftp://ftp.jp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-4/200901280002Z/

This one gets further than 4.0 release.  The LCD display driver does initialize.  It halts in the same are as all of the 3.x kernels do.  It attached the PCMCIA and then tries to probe wd0 and hangs.

> ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-5-0-RC2/200902090142Z/

This one failed to initialize the LCD.

I'm going to get my cross tool chain together and sync with -current and see if I can roll a kernel that gets at least as far as the 4-daily above.  If that works, then I'll start troubleshooting the flash probe issue.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Regards,

-S-