[rescue] Sun Netra T1125

Richard ejb at trick-1.net
Tue Nov 12 06:31:27 CST 2019 

fair call. I have a serial console already attached so will redirect console to tty and take a look. Probably do that tomorrow now as its getting late in OZ. Will post some results.

Richard

On Tue, 12 Nov 2019, at 11:20 PM, Mike Spooner wrote:
> It might also be a good idea to use a serial console (PuTTY via null-modem
> cable, and set to record all printable output), and at the OBP "ok" prompt,
> enter the following commands to have insanely-detailed diagnostic tests run:
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> That might also help with diagnosing the 2nd CPU :-)
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> - Mike
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> On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 12:01 PM +0000, "Mike Spooner" <mikes at aalin.co.uk>
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> Good show! Personally, I'd limit to 472MHz, the UDB chips are often iffy at
> 120MHz and likely to eventually throw errors under heavy bus load (and that's
> when you get data-corruption). If you have SunVTS diag-stress-testing
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> IIRC, *some* of the 'also hidden' commands in OBP are also present in
> OpenFirmware, of which source-code is freely available. As for the 2nd-CPU
> problem, getting latest OBP firmware might help.
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> On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 11:22 AM +0000, "Richard"  wrote:
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> Hi Mike
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> fantastic info. Thank you.
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> ok banner
> (UltraSPARC-II 450Mhz), Keyboard Present
> OpenBoot 3.31, 1024MB memory installed, Serial #xxxxxxxxx
> Ethernet Address 8:0:20:x:x:x:x, Hodt ID: xxxxxxxx
> ok also hidden
> ok d# 455 at-speed
> ok d# 480 at-speed
> (UltraSPARC-II 480Mhz), Keyboard Present
> OpenBoot 3.31, 1024MB memory installed, Serial #xxxxxxxxx
> Ethernet Address 8:0:20:x:x:x:x, Hodt ID: xxxxxxxx
> ok boot -r
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> (x's in the above are redactions)
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> I found if I went straight to 480 the machine locked up.....
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> so booting the machine and logging in....
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> Sun Microsystems Inc.   SunOS 5.8       Generic February 2000
> # psrinfo -v
> Status of processor 0 as of: 11/12/19 22:12:37
>   Processor has been on-line since 11/12/19 21:56:52.
>   The sparcv9 processor operates at 480 MHz,
>         and has a sparcv9 floating point processor.
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> # /usr/platform/sun4u/sbin/prtdiag -v
> System Configuration:  Sun Microsystems  sun4u  (UltraSPARC-II 480MHz)
> System clock frequency: 120 MHz
> Memory size: 1024 Megabytes
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> ========================= CPUs =========================
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>                     Run   Ecache   CPU    CPU
> Brd  CPU   Module   MHz     MB    Impl.   Mask
> ---  ---  -------  -----  ------  ------  ----
>  0     0     0      480     4.0   US-II    1.0
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> so it can be seen at the OS level as a 480Mhz CPU.....will run this for a
> while and see what happens.
> I wonder if there is a way to get the 8Mb of cache visible instead of the 4Mb
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> Inserting the second CPU and the system hangs after identifying the graphics
> card....guess the CPU has issues. (unless there is another mask hack or some
> such?)
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> also is there a list of "Hidden" OBP Commands?
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> cheers
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> Richard
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> On Tue, 12 Nov 2019, at 9:20 PM, Mike Spooner wrote:
> > Ah, forgot to mention that these OBP commands can be set to apply on every
> > boot by using nvramrc.
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> > On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 10:12 AM +0000, "Mike Spooner"
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> > The method is documented at
> > https://sun.3113.com/2008/02/09/how-to-overclock-your-sun-ultrasparc-box/,
> > although that isn't where I originally found it. IIRC, the instructions I
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> > were linked from Mr Dewick's site back in the day.
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> > On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 9:22 AM +0000, "Richard"  wrote:
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> > Hi Mike
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> > Interesting...
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> > I took a look at the following
> > http://www.shrubbery.net/~heas/sun-feh-2_1/General/OBP.html and some other
> > OBP
> > documents but couldn't see antyhing about reprogramming teh UPA
> speed.....any
> > pointers?
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> > Richard
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> > On Tue, 12 Nov 2019, at 7:03 PM, Mike Spooner wrote:
> > > I presume that it might be possible to get a 480 to run at close to that
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> > > reprogramming the UPA speed in OBP, same as can be done on Ultra-10 and
> > > Ultra-30. I've sucessfully run a nominally 440MHz CPU in the Ultra-10 at
> > > 472MHz (118MHz UPA) with no errors. The SMCC UPA data-buffer chips were
> > > specced for upto 120MHz operation, although very few actually could reach
> > > quite that far - the Ultra-4 used best-binned ones.
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> > > - Mike
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> > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 10:24 PM +0000, "Peter Stokes"
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> > > Hi
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> > > I think that the 480Mhz are 450 only, the 420 only supported the 450Mhz
> as
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> > > the T1125/Ultra 60. The 450 supported the 250, 300, 400 and 480Mhz from
> > > memory.
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> > > Never tried the 480Mhz in an Ultra 60, normally mixing the CPUs does not
> > > work,
> > > but obviously does in this case, but suspect that you will only get
> 450Mhz
> > > out
> > > of it.
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> > > Peter
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> > > > On 11 Nov 2019, at 11:56, Richard  wrote:
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> > > > o;?Hi everyone
> > > >
> > > > OK so the T1125 is now up and running. It had its issues but would boot
> > > both
> > > CPU to Solaris 10 (no root passwd so reinstalled) when it arrived.
> however
> > > > - 1 of the 2 drives was dead, removed the dead one...ordered a
> > replacement
> > > > - NVRAM Battery was dead and the system complained about ID PROM
> INVALID
> > > etc..
> > > > - After replacing the NVRAM Battery the machine wouldn't boot and gave
> a
> > > RED
> > > State Exceptions on power up. Removing the second CPU (CPU1) seemed to
> > > resolve
> > > the issue, using CPU1 as CPU0 also resulted in RED State Exception so I
> am
> > > guessing the CPU is the issue.
> > > >
> > > > One interesting point is that both CPU are 480Mhz CPU Module with 8M
> > Cache
> > > (501-5729)...have not found anything to indicate that thats a supported
> > > configuration. All I can find is that it is supported for Enterprise 450,
> > > 420R...I note that OBP reports as 450Mhz CPU. Anyone have any insight?
> > Anyone
> > > got a spare they would be willing to part with? Is it an OS level issue
> > > similar to that in the following
> > > http://shrubbery.net/~heas/sun-feh-2_1/collections/intsrdb/24408.html
> > > >
> > > > Ordered the following to max the machine out...
> > > > - Extra Gig of memory
> > > > - Replacement drive
> > > > - Gig ethernet card
> > > >
> > > > So current state
> > > > - Solaris 8 + Recommended Patch bundle + SUNWspci2 + SUNWspvnc
> > > > - TECH-SOURCE gfxp
> > > > - 3x SunPCI II Cards (will probably drop back to 2 when the Gig
> ethernet
> > > card turns up.
> > > >
> > > > # ./sunpci -l
> > > > Opening a SunPCi window...
> > > >
> > > >  Name = Card1
> > > >    Device = /dev/sunpci2drv0
> > > >    Type = SunPCi II
> > > >    Description = SunPCi II card
> > > >    Peripherals =
> > > >    ID = 00:03:BA:13:58:D6
> > > >
> > > >  Name = Card2
> > > >    Device = /dev/sunpci2drv3
> > > >    Type = SunPCi II
> > > >    Description = SunPCi II card
> > > >    Peripherals =
> > > >    ID = 00:03:BA:10:F2:D0
> > > >
> > > >  Name = Card3
> > > >    Device = /dev/sunpci2drv6
> > > >    Type = SunPCi II
> > > >    Description = SunPCi II card
> > > >    Peripherals =
> > > >    ID = 00:03:BA:10:F3:4A
> > > >
> > > > thanks in advance
> > > >
> > > > Richard
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> > > >> On Tue, 29 Oct 2019, at 11:32 PM, Dennis Grevenstein wrote:
> > > >> Hi,
> > > >>
> > > >> Richard wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Answering my own question...:-)
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Yes will work with 9 and possibly 10 with some work arounds.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Documentation indicates can install multiple cards in the same
> > > machine...I
> > > >>> have 3 so letbs see how that goes :-) will have to watch that 25W
> per
> > > card
> > > >>> power requirement.....
> > > >>
> > > >> I think this depends on the exact version of the SunPCi card.
> > > >> The later versions II and III should work. The earliest SunPCI
> > > >> may not.
> > > >>
> > > >> Dennis
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