Bug 79326

Summary:	sparc64-universal-2004.3 fails with "clock_probe: Could not find timer chip"
Product:	Gentoo Release Media	Reporter:	Joseph D. Wieber, Jr. <jdwieber>
Component:	Everything	Assignee:	Gentoo Release Team <releng>
Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Severity:	major	CC:	sparc
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Sparc
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Joseph D. Wieber, Jr. 2005-01-24 05:52:45 UTC

I have a sunblade1500 with OBP version 4.16.4 that I'm trying to install gentoo on. I started off with OBP version 4.9.5 and the cd booted fine. I got the install to complete successfully, but could not get silo to boot. I scoured the net and tried all (valid) suggestions with no success. The final suggestion I tried was updating OBP. I upgraded to the version above and now the sparc64-universal-2004.3 cd fails with "clock_probe: Could not find timer chip". When we put the hdd with solaris on it, it boots fine. Here is a link http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=282777&highlight=silo to my posting on the gentoo forum. It has a more detailed explanation of the whole issue. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.ok boot cdrom
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Actual Results:  
clock_probe: Could not find timer chip

Expected Results:  
Live cd should have loaded so I could chroot into my gentoo env and try to fix 
silo.

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=282777&highlight=silo

Comment 1 Jason Wever (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-03-06 20:08:24 UTC

Please try http://dev.gentoo.org/~gustavoz/sparc/experimental/gentoo-sparc64-20050306.iso and see if this fixes the issue for you.

Comment 2 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-05-16 10:39:49 UTC

Please REOPEN if this is still an issue with 2005.0's release.