Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] Patch the CHRP boot script
Hi Rick,
On 11/21/2017 02:48 AM, Rick Thomas wrote:
If you can tell me *exactly* what to do, and I don’t have to set up an installation environment to do it, I’ll be happy to test ofpathname vs ofpath vs devalias on my PowerPC test machine farm.
Well, to be on the safe side, I think you need to use the latest
versions of ofpath and ofpathname, hence running Debian Sid could be the
easiest way to make sure this is the case.
You need to have a disk installed, because ofpath and IIC also
ofpathname do not or cannot translate non existing device aliases to OF
paths.
In general the commands I ran for the p5 520Q below should do. Assuming
that the output of ofpathname will always be wrong for Power Macs, it
should be sufficient to check only one partition.
I think devalias does only save/return OF paths up to the disk level,
but not up to the partition level. But the disk level should already be
sufficient to detect differences to ofpath and/or ofpathname.
You have to go to OF to run devalias, but with a glass console you won't
be able to copy the output. There are ways to interact with the OF via
telnet from another machine (see [1] and possibly [2]), but I haven't
tried this yet.
[1]:
https://web.archive.org/web/20040202053614/http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn2004.html
[2]:
https://web.archive.org/web/20040202060137/http://developer.apple.com:80/technotes/tn/tn2023.html
I have the following machines:
Power Mac G5 11,2,
Power Mac G5 7,2 (I think — it’s turned off right now)
Mac mini G4 10,1
I have these types available, too, "except" for the 7,3 which currently
won't start up correctly.
Here's the output of ofpath and ofpathname for /dev/sda2 on the my Mac
mini (10,1):
```
root@mac-mini:~# ofpath /dev/sda2
/pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/@0:2
root@mac-mini:~# ofpathname /dev/sda2
/usr/sbin/ofpathname: line 812: warning: command substitution: ignored
null byte in input
/pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/scsi@0/sd@0,0
```
Also interesting, it looks like ofpathname cannot even give a "correct"
result for an IBM machine, at least not for my p5 520Q:
```
root@p5-520q:~# lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 136.7G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 7M 0 part
├─sda2 8:2 0 131.1G 0 part
├─sda3 8:3 0 1K 0 part
└─sda5 8:5 0 5.6G 0 part
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
root@p5-520q:~# ofpath /dev/sda1
/pci@800000020000003/pci@2,4/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0/@3:1
root@p5-520q:~# ofpathname /dev/sda1
/pci@800000020000003/pci@2,4/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0/sd@3,0
root@p5-520q:~# ofpath /dev/sda2
/pci@800000020000003/pci@2,4/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0/@3:2
root@p5-520q:~# ofpathname /dev/sda2
/pci@800000020000003/pci@2,4/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0/sd@3,0
```
Please notice that ofpathname returns the same result for two different
partitions. :-/
Mac G4 3,4
Mac G4 dual core 3,6
Results for these machines would be helpful. It should work to
install/upgrade to Debian Sid on one machine only and just move the disk
to the other machine later on for testing.
Cheers,
Frank
Reply to: