Re: RTC: can't get a working kernel

[Dan Laffin <dan@mid-hudson.com>]

Ok, thanks for the tip. Here is what I found.  When the machine starts to
boot, it says:

  Booting GENERIC on Tsunami variation Webbrick
  using machine vector Webbrick from SRM

Since i picked system-type "generic".  Where is identification information
like this for the DS10 available?  Tsunami isn't a choice when configuring
the kernel. Although, I do see it in a few of the alpha Makefiles.

I manually added "CONFIG_ALHPA_TSUNAMI=y" to the .config file and
compiled which causes it to totally skip the problem file below, but that
kernel doesn't seem to want to boot.  The last message on the SRM that I
get is:

  aboot: ok, now starting the kernel... 

The screen doesn't go red or anything.

So, then I tried just removing the sys_nautilus.o file from the Makefile
and everything seems to boot and be happy-- hardly user friendly though.
Thoughts?  Any idea who I could speak to about this issue?


Dan                              <dan@mid-hudson.com>
Network Systems Engineer          518.943.6600x3350

On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Maurice Hilarius wrote:

> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 09:46:50 -0600
> From: Maurice Hilarius <maurice@harddata.com>
> To: Dan Laffin <dan@mid-hudson.com>
> Subject: Re: RTC: I give up
> 
> With regards to your message at 11:23 AM 4/26/00 -0400, Dan Laffin. Where 
> you stated:
> 
> >I read posts about how my hwclock issues might be related to the absense
> >of RTC support in the kernel.  I'd like to add it, but when I try to
> >compile 2.2.14 on my DS-10, it fails.  It only fails when RTC support is
> >added.  I have tried with and without the rtclite patch.  Below is the
> >failure.  Thank you for any ideas.
> One obvious possibility is in the machine type you have set.
> These are "nautilus" error messages. The DS-10 is NOT a "nautilus type 
> machine. Nautilus is the chipset used on the UP1000 board from API.
> Maybe try the "Tsunami" machine type instead..
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >Dan                              <dan@mid-hudson.com>
> >Network Systems Engineer          518.943.6600x3350
> >
> >
> >gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2
> >-fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -mno-fp-regs -ffixed-8
> >-mcpu=ev5 -Wa,-mev6   -c -o sys_nautilus.o sys_nautilus.c
> >sys_nautilus.c: In function `nautilus_kill_arch':
> >sys_nautilus.c:94: warning: implicit declaration of function `CMOS_WRITE'
> >sys_nautilus.c:94: `RTC_FREQ_SELECT' undeclared (first use in this function)
> >sys_nautilus.c:94: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> >sys_nautilus.c:94: for each function it appears in.)
> >sys_nautilus.c:97: warning: implicit declaration of function `CMOS_READ'
> >sys_nautilus.c:97: `RTC_CONTROL' undeclared (first use in this function)
> >sys_nautilus.c:98: `RTC_PIE' undeclared (first use in this function)
> >sys_nautilus.c:100: `RTC_INTR_FLAGS' undeclared (first use in this function)
> >sys_nautilus.c:113: warning: passing arg 4 of 
> >`irongate_hose_write_config_byte' makes integer from pointer without a cast
> >sys_nautilus.c: In function `naut_sys_machine_check':
> >sys_nautilus.c:431: warning: implicit declaration of function 
> >`irongate_pci_clr_err'
> >sys_nautilus.c: In function `nautilus_machine_check':
> >sys_nautilus.c:501: warning: unsigned int format, different type arg (arg 2)
> >make[1]: *** [sys_nautilus.o] Error 1
> >make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.14/arch/alpha/kernel'
> >make: *** [_dir_arch/alpha/kernel] Error 2