Many other legacy sun4u pre-4.17.1 platforms behave differently. I recommend you to try this on Ultra 2, 5/10, 30, 60, 80, Blade 1000/2000. Then you see what I mean.
The SF280R works indeed, does not infinitely wait for ARP to respond, which never happens, simply because the install client fails to make an ARP broadcast on certain Workstation / OBP combinations, so: No broadcast, no response, endlessly loop through timeouts!!! (although I still have the minor "Last Trap: Fast Data Access MMU Miss" error on the SF280R, still, with b111 SXCE Install-DVD, but this problem can easily be avoided by booting wanboot from hdd, so I wonder how 111 has fixed any of the 2 bugs). But so does a pre 4.17.1 Blade 100/150 work well (no ARP misbehavior). It works by accident, only on them, not on many others, due to OBP version related mis-assumptions. Doesn't have Sun any of those so called legacy boxes for a quick test? As long as nobody confirms the bug's existance, I won't fix it. > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Martin Bochnig <martin at martux.org> wrote: >> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Martin Bochnig <martin at martux.org> wrote: >>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Martin Bochnig <martin at martux.org> >>> wrote: >>>>>> 6797441 - wanboot fails to configure network device when booted from >>>>>> media >>>>> >>>>> This was fixed in build 111. >>>> >>>> >> >> >> Dave, so you are referring to >> http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do;jsessionid=22fc82bc52c3918fa69762019015?bug_id=6797441 >> ?? >> >> Then that bug describes 2 problems in one description. >> Whereas the 2nd thing was the actual problem. >> Namely not that you have that problem on a SF280R only, namely there >> that you run into ?"Last Trap: Fast Data Access MMU Miss" if you try >> to boot wanboot from CD or DVD. >> The real problem is only mentioned in half a sentence at the bottom of >> the page, after the so called workaround (not for the real, namely the >> 2nd [!] problem): >> >> http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do;jsessionid=22fc82bc52c3918fa69762019015?bug_id=6797441 >> >> """Unfortunately, if you try to use go to do wanboot install, it still >> fails.""" >> That's the actual problem, and it still doesn't even seem to have a bug-id. >> It applies to almost all legacy sun4u systems, not only to the SF280R. >> >> Maybe nobody tested. >> >> >>>> No, it doesn't work with 111 LiveDVD's on-disk /platform/sun4u/wanboot. >>> >>> >>> Err, not really LiveDVD (although it alwas did offer an xterm since >>> Solaris 2.3). >>> What I meant was simply the SXCE SPARC Install-DVD, booted via >>> boot cdrom -o dhcp -F wanboot - install >>> >>> Doesn't work with 111. >>> Where is that fix's diff? >>> >>>> >>>> %martin >>>> >>> >> >
