Should we just update the console binary that we distribute with this
one?  I see no reason not to (though someone will have to regenerate
all regressions.  Would you be willing to do this Rick?)

  Nate

On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Rick Strong<[email protected]> wrote:
> The console code was indeed the problem. I posted an updated console binary
> for the ALPHA for anyone interested @ http://rickshin.ucsd.edu/console
>
> Best,
> -Rick
>
> nathan binkert wrote:
>>>
>>> System.terminal:*
>>> Memory cluster 1 [392 - -262536]
>>> Initalizing mdt_bitmap addr 0xFFFFFC0000038000 mem_pages FFFFFFFFFFFC0000
>>> ConsoleDispatch at virt 100008D8 phys 188D8 val FFFFFC00000100A8
>>> Bootstraping CPU 1 with sp=0xFFFFFC0000076000
>>> unix_boot_mem ends at FFFFFC0000078000
>>> k_argc = 0
>>> jumping to kernel at 0xFFFFFC0000310000, (PCBB 0xFFFFFC0000018180 pfn
>>> 1004)
>>> CallbackFixup 0 18000, t7=FFFFFC00006CC000
>>> Entering slaveloop for cpu 1 my_rpb=FFFFFC0000018400
>>> [4194001.852669] Linux version 2.6.18.8 (bink...@blue) (gcc version
>>> 4.0.2) #9 SMP Wed Feb 27 11:50:35 PST 2008
>>> [4194001.852669] Booting GENERIC on Tsunami variation DP264 using
>>> machine vector DP264 from SRM
>>> [4194001.852669] Major Options: SMP LEGACY_START VERBOSE_MCHECK
>>> [4194001.852669] Command line: root=/dev/hda1 console=ttyS0,9600
>>> init=/m5/bin/init.sh
>>> [4194001.852669] memcluster 0, usage 1, start        0, end      392
>>> [4194001.852669] memcluster 1, usage 0, start      392, end
>>> 18446744073709289472
>>>
>>
>> The first line of the terminal output is pretty suspect.  As is the
>> last line I've copied here.  My guess is that nobody ever tested the
>> console code with more than 2GB of memory and that there's some sort
>> of 32 bit signed integer in there.  The console code is actually not
>> too hard to change, but the real question is, how does linux get the
>> value?
>>
>> Actually, looking at the console code, it looks like Geoff Blake fixed
>> a bug in the console code when using >2GB of memory.  That fix was
>> dated Oct 19th 2007, though it's easily believable that you have a
>> console binary older than that.
>>
>>  Nate
>>
>>
>>  Nate
>>
>>
>
>
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