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Bug#243992: Boot fails on AlphaServer 2100



Package: installation-reports

Debian-installer-version: 04/15/2004 daily netinst from
    http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/alpha/20040415/
uname -a:
Date: Thu Apr 15 21:23:06 CDT 2004
Method: Booted from CD (boot -fl 1 dka400)

Machine: AS2100 4/275
Processor: Alpha EV45
Memory: 512MB
Root Device: Would have been on a DAC960 controller
Root Size/partition table: N/A
Output of lspci: (From a shell under the Woody installer)

# cat /proc/pci
PCI devices found:
  Bus  0, device   0, function  0:
    Ethernet controller: DEC DC21040 (rev 35).
      Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  IRQ 32.  Master Capable.  Latency=255.  
      I/O at 0x9000 [0x9001].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x9000000 [0x9000000].
  Bus  0, device   1, function  0:
    SCSI storage controller: NCR 53c810 (rev 2).
      Medium devsel.  IRQ 33.  Master Capable.  Latency=255.  
      I/O at 0x9800 [0x9801].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x9001000 [0x9001000].
  Bus  0, device   2, function  0:
    Non-VGA device: Intel 82375EB (rev 4).
      Medium devsel.  Master Capable.  Latency=248.  
  Bus  0, device   6, function  0:
    RAID storage controller: Mylex DAC960 P Series (rev 2).
      Medium devsel.  IRQ 34.  Master Capable.  Latency=255.  Min Gnt=4.
      I/O at 0xa000 [0xa001].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x9002000 [0x9002000].
  Bus  0, device   8, function  0:
    PCI bridge: DEC DC21152 (rev 3).
      Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  Master Capable.  Latency=255.  Min Gnt=4.
  Bus  2, device   0, function  0:
    Ethernet controller: DEC DC21142 (rev 65).
      Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  IRQ 36.  Master Capable.  Latency=255.  Min Gnt=20.Max Lat=40.
      I/O at 0xb000 [0xb001].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x9100000 [0x9100000].
  Bus  2, device   1, function  0:
    Ethernet controller: DEC DC21142 (rev 65).
      Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  IRQ 36.  Master Capable.  Latency=255.  Min Gnt=20.Max Lat=40.
      I/O at 0xb800 [0xb801].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x9101000 [0x9101000].
  Bus  2, device   2, function  0:
    Ethernet controller: DEC DC21142 (rev 65).
      Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  IRQ 36.  Master Capable.  Latency=255.  Min Gnt=20.Max Lat=40.
      I/O at 0xc000 [0xc001].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x9102000 [0x9102000].
  Bus  2, device   3, function  0:
    Ethernet controller: DEC DC21142 (rev 65).
      Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  IRQ 36.  Master Capable.  Latency=255.  Min Gnt=20.Max Lat=40.
      I/O at 0xc800 [0xc801].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x9103000 [0x9103000].


Base System Installation Checklist:

Initial boot worked:    [E]
Configure network HW:   [ ]
Config network:         [ ]
Detect CD:              [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives:     [ ]
Partition hard drives:  [ ]
Create file systems:    [ ]
Mount partitions:       [ ]
Install base system:    [ ]
Install boot loader:    [ ]
Reboot:                 [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Comments/Problems:

Initial boot fails, it appears to hang while scanning the PCI bus.  The
woody installer (2.2.20) boots but doesn't properly deal with the OEM'd
DAC960 controller.

aboot: loading uncompressed boot/vmlinuz...
aboot: loading compressed boot/vmlinuz...
aboot: zero-filling 393164 bytes at 0xfffffc0000562cc4
aboot: loading initrd (2842401 bytes/2775 blocks) at 0xfffffc001fc3c000
aboot: starting kernel boot/vmlinuz with arguments ramdisk_size=16384  root=/dev/ram devfs=mount,dall console=ttyS0
Linux version 2.4.25-1-generic (herbert@gondolin) (gcc version 3.2.3 20030221 (Debian prerelease)) #1 Tue Feb 24 08:10:58 EST 2004
Booting GENERIC on Sable using machine vector Sable from SRM
Major Options: LEGACY_START
Command line: ramdisk_size=16384  root=/dev/ram devfs=mount,dall console=ttyS0
memcluster 0, usage 1, start        0, end      256
memcluster 1, usage 0, start      256, end    65527
memcluster 2, usage 1, start    65527, end    65536
freeing pages 256:384
freeing pages 740:65527
reserving pages 740:741
Initial ramdisk at: 0xfffffc001fc3c000 (2842401 bytes)
t2_init_arch: enabling SG TLB, IOCSR was 0xfe00008423028190
On node 0 totalpages: 65527
zone(0): 65527 pages.
zone(1): 0 pages.
zone(2): 0 pages.
Kernel command line: ramdisk_size=16384  root=/dev/ram devfs=mount,dall console=ttyS0
Using epoch = 2000        
Turning on RTC interrupts.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Calibrating delay loop... 543.04 BogoMIPS
Memory: 510872k/524216k available (1658k kernel code, 11296k reserved, 459k data, 176k init)
Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 1048576 bytes)
Inode cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 524288 bytes)
Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 8192 bytes)
Buffer cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 262144 bytes)
Page-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 524288 bytes)
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
pci: enabling save/restore of SRM state
PCI: Bus 1, bridge: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21152



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