Bug 116333 – 2006.0 InstallCD - Fast Data Access MMU Miss

• Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO
• Product: Gentoo Release Media

[Description Timothy Tsai 2005-12-21 15:46:07 UTC]

I am installing install-sparc64-universal-2005.1.iso from CD on a SunBlade 1000 with OpenBoot 4.5.  After "boot cdrom", SILO starts, and I try entering "gentoo-2.4" at the prompt:

Rebooting with command: boot cdrom
Boot device: /pci@8,700000/scsi@6/disk@6,0:f  File and args:
SILO
// Welcome to Gentoo SPARC Linux //
//         Version 2005.1        //
boot: gentoo-2.4
Loading initial ramdisk....
Fast Data Access MMU Miss
{0} ok 

This error message occurs everytime, on two different SunBlade 1000 machines.  I currently have Solaris 9 and 10 running on these two machines.

I have read the old bug reports about SILO incompatabilities, with the ensuing fixes reportedly being incorporated into pre-2005.1 releases (i.e., <http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25892>).  Were the previously reported SILO problems fixed in 2005 releases?  Should I try installing using one of the earlier 2004 releases?

Thanks,
Tim

[Comment 1 Timothy Tsai 2005-12-21 17:41:09 UTC]

I should note the the version of OpenBoot I was using was 4.5.21.  I have now updated to 4.16.4.  Now, the error message is as follows:

boot: gentoo-2.4
Loading initial ramdisk....
     ERROR: /packages/deblocker: Last Trap: Fast Data Access MMU Miss

And, then it hangs forever.

[Comment 2 Gustavo Zacarias (RETIRED) 2006-01-25 12:58:44 UTC]

Yes, basically the silo issues were pre-2005.0.
Some devels (weeve, jforman) are using gentoo fine on sb1000 machines, but i dunno which OBP versions they have.
Also sometimes having memory in the wrong slots can cause this, even if it does work in solaris (say filling bank 2 before bank 1 and such).

[Comment 3 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2006-03-17 08:09:49 UTC]

Can you please check this against the 2006.0 CD?

[Comment 4 Timothy Tsai 2006-03-27 15:17:37 UTC]

(In reply to comment #3)
> Can you please check this against the 2006.0 CD?
> 

Sorry for the delay in trying this out.  Looks like the same problems and error messages with 2006.0.

[Comment 5 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2006-07-19 06:21:30 UTC]

Would you be willing to test this with our 2006.1 pre-release materials?

[Comment 6 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2007-05-10 18:02:57 UTC]

SPARC:  Isn't this one of the things we've fixed?

[Comment 7 Gustavo Zacarias (RETIRED) 2007-05-10 18:04:46 UTC]

Very likely, up to 2006.0 we shipped with 2.4 and older silo versions.

[Comment 8 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2007-05-10 18:30:51 UTC]

OK.  We're going to assume that this is FIXED, but since we never got a response, I'm marking it as NEEDINFO.