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SPARC64 and 32: Several problems with 2.6.0-test5 and test6

DISCUSSION Georg Chini 2 participants 2 messages Oct 5, 2003

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Hello,

I did some testing with test5 and test6 kernels on my Sparc Ultra1 and Sparcstation 5. Here is a summary of the problems I observed. Maybe this helps to fix things.

1) Keyboard:
On both architectures the Sun type 5 keyboard
(and mouse) will not be found.

2) Console:
On both architectures only PROM-console will work. The system will not switch to serial (Ultra1) or TCX (SS5) console.
Sending break gives no ok-prompt.

3) Netfilter on sparc64:
Any iptables command except iptables -L crashes my system without further messages. I am already in contact with Harald Welte about this (see netfilter-devel list).

4) Compile on sparc32
The function sched_clock is missing in time.c. There is a posting by Andrew Morton on this list which defines the function. The kernel compiles and boots with this patch.
When compiling modules I get following unresolved symbols in various modules in stage 2:

.div
.rem
.udiv
.umul
.urem
___atomic_add
___atomic_sub
___clear_bit
___set_bit
prom_apply_generic_ranges
prom_halt
prom_printf
sparc_flush_page_to_ram
sun_do_break

I think I could fix this myself if anyone can tell me where to find an example.

Regards
Georg Chini

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Quoted 4 lines · On Sun, 05 Oct 2003 22:41:58 +0200 Georg Chini…

I did some testing with test5 and test6 kernels on my Sparc Ultra1 and Sparcstation 5. Here is a summary of the problems I observed. Maybe this helps to fix things.

Your report is appreciated, but it's be more useful if you reported it to the sparc specific list instead of here.