Re: USB on Ultra 10
Hi Vladimir,
I don't know if it's of any help. A while ago I emailed this to somebody who
posted it on the list. May sound silly but I just don't know how to post...
if I send a mail to debian-sparc@lists.debian.org it never shows up in the
list... must be some silly thing I don't know about :(
Well here it is anyway:
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I too had some hard time getting a (stock) 2.6 kernel running on my Ultra10
with Elite3d. It would just never boot all the way. the 2.4.27 from the net
install cd booted fine though... After numerous tries I found that using
video=atyfb:off in silo was needed to boot a 2.6 kernel. At that time I was
trying 2.6.12, and I'm still using it today. heres what my silo.conf looks
like today.
vincent@ra:~$ cat /etc/silo.conf
root=/dev/hda2
partition=1
default=Linux
read-only
timeout=100
image=/vmlinuz
label=Linux
initrd=/initrd.img
append="video=atyfb:off"
image=/vmlinuz.old
label=LinuxOLD
initrd=/initrd.img.old
note the append part in the default kernel section. The LinuxOLD refers to a
2.4.27 kernel which doesn't need this option.
Hope it is of any help :)
Vincent
btw. getting an accellerated Elite3d config running isn't what it used to be
either... :( I had to modify /etc/init.d/afbinit to get /usr/sbin/afbinit
executed since dmesg doen't mention the string "Elite 3D" anymore... this
type of detection is used by the /etc/init.d/afbinit script. But I guess
that's not an issue for you.
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On Thursday 15 December 2005 05:53 am, Vladimir Volovich wrote:
> Hi Vincent and all,
>
> thanks for your answers!
>
> "VV" == Vincent Vandeweijer writes:
>
> VV> Hi, Worked without any problems on my U10. That includes USB2.0
> VV> :) Haven't tried firewire yet but I'm soon gonna. Modules load
> VV> without problem.
>
> VV> <snip> vincent@ra:~$ uname -a Linux ra 2.6.12-1-sparc64 #1 Tue
> VV> Sep 27 23:45:57 UTC 2005 sparc64 GNU/Linux
> [...]
>
> VV> I'm just using some dirt cheap USB controler. Don't even remember
> VV> the brand. First one I tried (a combined USB2.0 Firewire card)
> VV> failed to be seen on the pci bus completely. Worked in a (normal)
> VV> PC though. With the one I'm using now I was just lucky i
> VV> guess... My advice: try another one?
>
> Thanks! You know, that worked! :) i've installed the Gembird USB
> controller (on the Ali chipset), and it now works great! (including USB
> 2.0).
>
> $ uname -a
> Linux video 2.4.27-2-sparc64 #1 Sun Apr 3 05:21:36 UTC 2005 sparc64
> GNU/Linux $ cat /proc/cpuinfo
> cpu : TI UltraSparc IIi (Sabre)
> fpu : UltraSparc IIi integrated FPU
> promlib : Version 3 Revision 31
> prom : 3.31.0
> type : sun4u
> ncpus probed : 1
> ncpus active : 1
> Cpu0Bogo : 599.65
> Cpu0ClkTck : 0000000011e1a300
> MMU Type : Spitfire
> $ lspci
> 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Ultra IIi
> 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Simba Advanced PCI
> Bridge (rev 11) 0000:00:01.1 PCI bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp.
> Simba Advanced PCI Bridge (rev 11) 0000:01:01.0 Bridge: Sun Microsystems
> Computer Corp. EBUS (rev 01) 0000:01:01.1 Ethernet controller: Sun
> Microsystems Computer Corp. Happy Meal (rev 01) 0000:01:02.0 VGA compatible
> controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage I/II 215GT [Mach64 GT] (rev 9a)
> 0000:01:03.0 IDE interface: Silicon Image, Inc. (formerly CMD Technology
> Inc) PCI0646 (rev 03) 0000:02:02.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1
> Controller (rev 03) 0000:02:02.1 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1
> Controller (rev 03) 0000:02:02.3 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 2.0
> Controller (rev 01)
>
> Vincent, i see that you're using linux 2.6.12 on similar hardware
> (your video card is slightly different, though). My attempts to use
> 2.6.* kernels on this Ultra 10 failed: i had two kinds of problems:
>
> 1) upon boot, when SILO loads the kernel, it fails to setup the
> framebuffer, and i see some slooow messages on SUN text console,
> and when the first screen fills up, it doesn't show anything more
> (until X is being loaded)
>
> 2) when it switches to X, the screen blanks and nothing shows up. i
> asked about this previously, and Dave Miller said that there's some
> bug in X code which expects to find some obsolete paths in
> /proc/pci/... and to solve that one needs to recompile X from
> latest sources.
>
> so my next question is (since i very much want to switch to 2.6
> kernel): have you faced any of the abouve problems? and what did you
> do to solve them?
>
> Best,
> v.
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