Richard Mortimer wrote:
Hi Mark, On 18/09/2012 14:36, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:If I install either the current Wheezy/testing or Lenny on a Netra T1 200 with LOM (lomlite2) at 3.10, the first time OBP issues a boot command I get [string of hex] Watchdog Reset Externally Initiated ResetI have a feeling that this is not a LOM watchdog reset but more a SPARC processor watchdog reset (the processor running out of trap levels in memory fault/interrupt processing).You should be able to verify if it is a LOM watchdog reset by running the "loghistory" command at the lom prompt.
No watchdog events shown, only power on/off and reset events (plus a 'LOM booted' near the start).
If I'm correct then this is probably due to something like retained memory (not cleared during a soft reset/reboot just cleared during a powercycle). That would explain why the second boot after the Watchdog/XIR works fine.If I subsequently issue a second boot the system runs as expected.
But this also happens after a (soft) power-on, irrespective of whether power has been physically removed (i.e. IEC connector pulled out of back and left for a few minutes).
This affects both Lenny and Wheezy but does not affect Squeeze, i.e. it appears to be a regression. Since this happens in between the OBP boot command and SILO's boot prompt, I presume that it is a SILO problem or that the installer is doing something odd to the disklabel. Lenny: 1.4.13 Squeeze: 1.4.14 Wheezy: 1.4.14I don't see how the LOM firmware would affect this. OBP maybe but if it is a processor watchdog then it I doubt its LOM. SILO would be my first suspect.
SILO is also my suspect (after a lot of fiddling trying to disable lom watchdog from OBP etc.) and those are SILO version numbers :-/
Regards RichardThe correct way of fixing this is probably to upgrade the LOM firmware to 3.14. However this requires Solaris, and before the patch can be installed it requires that the appropriate packages be installed: "To use LOM commands you must install the Lights Out Management 2.0 packages (SUNWlomu, SUNWlomr and SUNWlomm) from the Solaris Supplementary CD." http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19102-01/n1280.srvr/819-1269-11/poweron.html The problem is that I don't believe that the supplementary CD is freely available, which in practice means that this course is not available to most Linux users.
I'm hoping there's enough detail in there that it shows up on Google, it might save people work in the future.
-- Mark Morgan Lloyd markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk [Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or colleagues]