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Bug#243992: Boot fails on AlphaServer 2100



reassign 243992 kernel
tags 238600 - sarge
tags 243992 d-i moreinfo
merge 238600 243992
thanks

I'm assuming this bug is related to the other problems seen with
DECChip-based ethernet cards under 2.4.2x; if not, please feel free to
unmerge.

Thanks,
-- 
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 09:44:46PM -0500, Nathan Poznick wrote:
> 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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