RE: Bug#711135: Re: compiling a bootable kernel for ia64 (itanium2, mckinley, rx2620)

2018-02-13 Thread Pedro Miguel Teixeira 

Hi Jason.

That was close – I was really about to send the zx6000 onto the tech recycle.

The following is all I get coming out from the console (Serial A, since the 
zx6000 does not have a management card / iLO). After the initrd line shows, a 
good 5 seconds pass. Then the front panel becomes all red and the cryptic 
modem-style sounds come out. I’ve wondered about the health of both my ELILO 
and Kernel, but my rx2660 boots fine with the exact the same two.


EFI Boot Manager ver 1.10 [14.61]  Firmware ver 2.31 [4411]

Loading device drivers

Loading.: Auxiliary Floating Point Driver
Load of Auxiliary Floating Point Driver failed: Not Found
EFI Boot Manager ver 1.10 [14.61]  Firmware ver 2.31 [4411]

Please select a boot option

Windows Boot Manager
Debian
EFI Shell [Built-in]
Removable Media
Boot Option Maintenance Menu
System Configuration Menu


Use ^ and v to change option(s). Use Enter to select an option
Loading.: Debian
Starting: Debian
ELILO v3.14 for EFI/IA-64
..
Uncompressing Linux... done
Loading file \EFI\debian\initrd.img...done




_
Pedro

From: Jason Duerstock<mailto:jason.duerst...@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, February 9, 2018 04:01
To: Pedro Miguel Teixeira<mailto:pm...@texair.net>
Cc: Gatis Visnevskis<mailto:ga...@pie-dabas.net>; Ivan 
Zakharyaschev<mailto:i...@altlinux.org>; 
debian-ia64<mailto:debian-ia64@lists.debian.org>; 
gle...@altlinux.org<mailto:gle...@altlinux.org>
Subject: Re: Bug#711135: Re: compiling a bootable kernel for ia64 (itanium2, 
mckinley, rx2620)

Hi Pedro,

Can you file a separate bug for this, and include a boot log?

Thanks,

Jason


On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 6:24 AM, Pedro Miguel Teixeira <pm...@texair.net> wrote:
>
>
> The latest kernel available from Debian does work fine on my Montvale
> rx2660. However, I cannot boot my McKinley zx6000 with it. It will MCA
> really early in the boot process.
>
>
>
> Linux b777 3.2.0-4-mckinley #1 SMP Debian 3.2.78-1 ia64 GNU/Linux
>
>
>
>
>
> _
> Pedro
>
>
>
> From: Gatis Visnevskis
> Sent: Friday, February 9, 2018 03:13
> To: Ivan Zakharyaschev
> Cc: Jason Duerstock; debian-ia64; gle...@altlinux.org
> Subject: Re: Bug#711135: Re: compiling a bootable kernel for ia64 (itanium2,
> mckinley, rx2620)
>
>
>
> Hi all
>
> I got working 3.2.0 kernel after some work. Without recompilation.
> HP rx4640. That was 2 years ago. Server switched off for cost saving :(
>
> Started to install toolchain for compilation, but not finished.
> Internal disks were too small, some 36 gb i think.
>
> It seems that i have to boot my server, and try again, as there is some
> light in end of tunnel. I was hoping to get LXC working on ia64 some
> day.
>
> Gasha
>
> On Fri, 9 Feb 2018 11:33:16 +0300 (MSK)
> Ivan Zakharyaschev <i...@altlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Wed, 7 Feb 2018, Ivan Zakharyaschev wrote:
>>
>> > On Sun, 4 Feb 2018, Jason Duerstock wrote:
>> >
>> >>  Does the kernel from here work for you?:
>> >>
>> >>  https://people.debian.org/~jrtc27/wheezy-backports-ia64/
>> >>
>> >>  Specifically
>> >>
>> >> https://people.debian.org/~jrtc27/wheezy-backports-ia64/linux-image-3.16.0-0.bpo.4-mckinley_3.16.39-1+deb8u1~bpo70+1+gcc4.4_ia64.deb
>> >
>> > (As I've already said, this kernel works for our machine.)
>> >
>> > How to reproduce this build? Have you published the corresponding
>> > rules?
>> >
>> > I tried:
>> >
>> > $ apt-get source linux-image-3.16.0-0.bpo.4-mckinley
>> > $ cd linux-3.16.39/
>> > $ sed -e 's/gcc-4.6/gcc-4.4/g' debian/config/ia64/defines -i
>> > $ debuild -b -us -uc
>> > $ debuild -j2 -b -us -uc
>> > ...
>> >   Kernel: vmlinux.gz is ready
>> > ERROR: "numa_slit" [drivers/block/nvme.ko] undefined!
>> > make[6]: *** [__modpost] Error 1
>>
>> BTW, has anyone been working on adapting the newest kernel package
>> for ia64? (buildd simply reports that there are no rules for ia64.)
>>
>> As for building 3.16 myself (reproducing Jason's build), I've found
>> an obvious fix for the above build problem at
>>
>> https://kernel.opensuse.org/cgit/kernel-source/commit/patches.arch/ia64-export-numa_slit.patch?h=packaging=bbf39ca510248f9f9cbfc3c65e8514df929a3094
>> :
>>
>> $ cd debian/patches/
>> $ mkdir bugfix/ia64
>> $ wget
>>
>> 'https://kernel.opensuse.org/cgit/kernel-source/plain/patches.arch/ia64-export-numa_slit.patch?h=packaging=bbf39ca510248f9f9cbfc3c65e8514df929a3094'
>> -O bugfix/ia64/ia64-export-numa_slit.patch
>> $ cat bu

RE: Bug#711135: Re: compiling a bootable kernel for ia64 (itanium2, mckinley, rx2620)

2018-02-14 Thread Pedro Miguel Teixeira 

Hi Emeric.

The machine has no iLO card, so it can’t be because of it. As far as I can 
tell, either ELILO never gets to pass control to the kernel, or the kernel 
never gets to output the 1st message.

_
Pedro

From: Émeric MASCHINO<mailto:emeric.masch...@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 23:43
To: Pedro Miguel Teixeira<mailto:pm...@texair.net>
Cc: Jason Duerstock<mailto:jason.duerst...@gmail.com>; Gatis 
Visnevskis<mailto:ga...@pie-dabas.net>; Ivan 
Zakharyaschev<mailto:i...@altlinux.org>; 
debian-ia64<mailto:debian-ia64@lists.debian.org>; 
gle...@altlinux.org<mailto:gle...@altlinux.org>
Subject: Re: Bug#711135: Re: compiling a bootable kernel for ia64 (itanium2, 
mckinley, rx2620)

Well, problem is then likely with iLO card or serial console.
Indeed, I'm daily using a zx6000 workstation for years, being with
Debian for more than a decade, now with Gentoo since Debian has killed
the plug on ia64 in 2013.
I have no problem booting/using it locally (GNOME 3.24 desktop
environment) with kernels 4.9.76 and 4.12.12. Kernels were compiled
either with GCC 4.5.4 (because of a nasty error with GDB that
sometimes segfaults when kernels i compiled with GCC > 4.5) or 6.2.0.

2018-02-14 1:41 GMT+01:00 Pedro Miguel Teixeira <pm...@texair.net>:
>
>
> Hi Jason.
>
>
>
> That was close – I was really about to send the zx6000 onto the tech
> recycle.
>
>
>
> The following is all I get coming out from the console (Serial A, since the
> zx6000 does not have a management card / iLO). After the initrd line shows,
> a good 5 seconds pass. Then the front panel becomes all red and the cryptic
> modem-style sounds come out. I’ve wondered about the health of both my ELILO
> and Kernel, but my rx2660 boots fine with the exact the same two.
>
>
>
>
>
> EFI Boot Manager ver 1.10 [14.61]  Firmware ver 2.31 [4411]
>
>
>
> Loading device drivers
>
>
>
> Loading.: Auxiliary Floating Point Driver
>
> Load of Auxiliary Floating Point Driver failed: Not Found
>
> EFI Boot Manager ver 1.10 [14.61]  Firmware ver 2.31 [4411]
>
>
>
> Please select a boot option
>
>
>
> Windows Boot Manager
>
> Debian
>
> EFI Shell [Built-in]
>
> Removable Media
>
> Boot Option Maintenance Menu
>
> System Configuration Menu
>
>
>
>
>
> Use ^ and v to change option(s). Use Enter to select an option
>
> Loading.: Debian
>
> Starting: Debian
>
> ELILO v3.14 for EFI/IA-64
>
> ..
>
> Uncompressing Linux... done
>
> Loading file \EFI\debian\initrd.img...done
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _
> Pedro
>
>
>
> From: Jason Duerstock
> Sent: Friday, February 9, 2018 04:01
> To: Pedro Miguel Teixeira
> Cc: Gatis Visnevskis; Ivan Zakharyaschev; debian-ia64; gle...@altlinux.org
>
>
> Subject: Re: Bug#711135: Re: compiling a bootable kernel for ia64 (itanium2,
> mckinley, rx2620)
>
>
>
> Hi Pedro,
>
> Can you file a separate bug for this, and include a boot log?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jason
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 6:24 AM, Pedro Miguel Teixeira <pm...@texair.net>
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> The latest kernel available from Debian does work fine on my Montvale
>> rx2660. However, I cannot boot my McKinley zx6000 with it. It will MCA
>> really early in the boot process.
>>
>>
>>
>> Linux b777 3.2.0-4-mckinley #1 SMP Debian 3.2.78-1 ia64 GNU/Linux
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _
>> Pedro
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Gatis Visnevskis
>> Sent: Friday, February 9, 2018 03:13
>> To: Ivan Zakharyaschev
>> Cc: Jason Duerstock; debian-ia64; gle...@altlinux.org
>> Subject: Re: Bug#711135: Re: compiling a bootable kernel for ia64
>> (itanium2,
>> mckinley, rx2620)
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I got working 3.2.0 kernel after some work. Without recompilation.
>> HP rx4640. That was 2 years ago. Server switched off for cost saving :(
>>
>> Started to install toolchain for compilation, but not finished.
>> Internal disks were too small, some 36 gb i think.
>>
>> It seems that i have to boot my server, and try again, as there is some
>> light in end of tunnel. I was hoping to get LXC working on ia64 some
>> day.
>>
>> Gasha
>>
>> On Fri, 9 Feb 2018 11:33:16 +0300 (MSK)
>> Ivan Zakharyaschev <i...@altlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Wed, 7 Feb 2018, Ivan Zakharyaschev wrote:
>>>
>>> > On Sun, 4 Feb 2018, Jason Duerstock wrote:
>>> >
>>> >>  Does the kernel fro

RE: Bug#711135: Re: compiling a bootable kernel for ia64 (itanium2, mckinley, rx2620)

2018-02-09 Thread Pedro Miguel Teixeira 

The latest kernel available from Debian does work fine on my Montvale rx2660. 
However, I cannot boot my McKinley zx6000 with it. It will MCA really early in 
the boot process.


  *   Linux b777 3.2.0-4-mckinley #1 SMP Debian 3.2.78-1 ia64 GNU/Linux


_
Pedro

From: Gatis Visnevskis
Sent: Friday, February 9, 2018 03:13
To: Ivan Zakharyaschev
Cc: Jason Duerstock; 
debian-ia64; 
gle...@altlinux.org
Subject: Re: Bug#711135: Re: compiling a bootable kernel for ia64 (itanium2, 
mckinley, rx2620)

Hi all

I got working 3.2.0 kernel after some work. Without recompilation.
HP rx4640. That was 2 years ago. Server switched off for cost saving :(

Started to install toolchain for compilation, but not finished.
Internal disks were too small, some 36 gb i think.

It seems that i have to boot my server, and try again, as there is some
light in end of tunnel. I was hoping to get LXC working on ia64 some
day.

Gasha

On Fri, 9 Feb 2018 11:33:16 +0300 (MSK)
Ivan Zakharyaschev  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2018, Ivan Zakharyaschev wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 4 Feb 2018, Jason Duerstock wrote:
> >
> >>  Does the kernel from here work for you?:
> >>
> >>  https://people.debian.org/~jrtc27/wheezy-backports-ia64/
> >>
> >>  Specifically
> >>  
> >> https://people.debian.org/~jrtc27/wheezy-backports-ia64/linux-image-3.16.0-0.bpo.4-mckinley_3.16.39-1+deb8u1~bpo70+1+gcc4.4_ia64.deb
> >
> > (As I've already said, this kernel works for our machine.)
> >
> > How to reproduce this build? Have you published the corresponding
> > rules?
> >
> > I tried:
> >
> > $ apt-get source linux-image-3.16.0-0.bpo.4-mckinley
> > $ cd linux-3.16.39/
> > $ sed -e 's/gcc-4.6/gcc-4.4/g' debian/config/ia64/defines -i
> > $ debuild -b -us -uc
> > $ debuild -j2 -b -us -uc
> > ...
> >   Kernel: vmlinux.gz is ready
> > ERROR: "numa_slit" [drivers/block/nvme.ko] undefined!
> > make[6]: *** [__modpost] Error 1
>
> BTW, has anyone been working on adapting the newest kernel package
> for ia64? (buildd simply reports that there are no rules for ia64.)
>
> As for building 3.16 myself (reproducing Jason's build), I've found
> an obvious fix for the above build problem at
> https://kernel.opensuse.org/cgit/kernel-source/commit/patches.arch/ia64-export-numa_slit.patch?h=packaging=bbf39ca510248f9f9cbfc3c65e8514df929a3094
> :
>
> $ cd debian/patches/
> $ mkdir bugfix/ia64
> $ wget
> 'https://kernel.opensuse.org/cgit/kernel-source/plain/patches.arch/ia64-export-numa_slit.patch?h=packaging=bbf39ca510248f9f9cbfc3c65e8514df929a3094'
> -O bugfix/ia64/ia64-export-numa_slit.patch
> $ cat bugfix/ia64/ia64-export-numa_slit.patch
> From: Hannes Reinecke 
> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 15:01:30 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] ia64: export numa_slit()
> Patch-Mainline: not yet
> References: bnc#913030,FATE#317455
>
> nvme triggers a build error with 'numa_slit' being undefined.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke 
> ---
>   arch/ia64/mm/numa.c | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/numa.c b/arch/ia64/mm/numa.c
> index 88f4eeb..23a914c 100644
> --- a/arch/ia64/mm/numa.c
> +++ b/arch/ia64/mm/numa.c
> @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ struct node_cpuid_s node_cpuid[NR_CPUS] =
>* proportional to the memory access latency ratios.
>*/
>   u8 numa_slit[MAX_NUMNODES * MAX_NUMNODES];
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(numa_slit);
>
>   /* Identify which cnode a physical address resides on */
>   int

RE: Debian installer

2018-08-16 Thread Pedro Miguel Teixeira 

Thanks Jason!

I am now updated on the ELILO front.


Starting: Debian
ELILO v3.14 for EFI/IA-64
..
Uncompressing Linux... done
Loading file \EFI\debian\initrd.img...done
[0.00] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
[0.00] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu
[0.00] Linux version 3.2.0-4-mckinley (debian-ker...@lists.debian.org) 
(gcc version 4.6.3 (Debian 4.6.3-14) ) #1 SMP Debian 3.2.78-1


Now onto trying new kernels… that’ll be interesting.

_
Pedro

From: Jason Duerstock  
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2018 08:51
To: Pedro Miguel Teixeira 
Cc: frank.schei...@web.de; John Paul Adrian Glaubitz 
; debian-ia64 
Subject: Re: Debian installer

Hi Pedro,

I'm using 3.14-2 (from wheezy).

http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/e/elilo/elilo_3.14-2_ia64.deb

Jason


On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 11:38 AM Pedro Miguel Teixeira 
<mailto:pm...@texair.net> wrote:
 
Hi Jason.
 
Can you please share which ELILO you are using? This is the one I have on my 
Montvale machine:
 
        ELILO v3.12 for EFI/IA-64
 
But I afraid it might be too old for current kernels.

BTW, this is what I currently have on mine:

       Linux b777 3.2.0-4-mckinley #1 SMP Debian 3.2.78-1 ia64 GNU/Linux
 
_
Pedro
 

From: Jason Duerstock <mailto:jason.duerst...@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 11:43:24 AM
To: mailto:frank.schei...@web.de
Cc: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz; debian-ia64
Subject: Re: Debian installer 
 
https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/commit/8b3963b0ebe7f3fee96bc541363bfe0a95f8999a

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=905461

I'm currently using elilo, but grub is rumored to work.  Now that the kernel 
works again, I will try to test grub myself at some point soon.

Jason


On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 2:33 PM Frank Scheiner 
<mailto:mailto:frank.schei...@web.de> wrote:
On 08/15/2018 02:07 AM, Jason Duerstock wrote:
> FYI, as of today's build, the kernel works again:
> 
> ii  linux-image-4.17.0-2-mckinley       4.17.14-1                      
>   ia64         Linux 4.17 for Itanium 2+
> 
> $ uname -a
> Linux netsvcs1 4.17.0-2-mckinley #1 SMP Debian 4.17.14-1 (2018-08-13) 
> ia64 GNU/Linux
> 
> Jason

Cool, will give it a try soon.

Any idea what was changed to make it work? Kernel config maybe?

And say, what machine and what boot loader and boot method (e.g. 
netboot, boot from disk, etc.) did you use?

Cheers,
Frank

RE: Debian installer

2018-08-16 Thread Pedro Miguel Teixeira 
 
Hi Jason.
 
Can you please share which ELILO you are using? This is the one I have on my 
Montvale machine:
 
ELILO v3.12 for EFI/IA-64
 
But I afraid it might be too old for current kernels.

BTW, this is what I currently have on mine:

   Linux b777 3.2.0-4-mckinley #1 SMP Debian 3.2.78-1 ia64 GNU/Linux
 
_
Pedro
 

From: Jason Duerstock 
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 11:43:24 AM
To: frank.schei...@web.de
Cc: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz; debian-ia64
Subject: Re: Debian installer 
 
https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/commit/8b3963b0ebe7f3fee96bc541363bfe0a95f8999a

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=905461

I'm currently using elilo, but grub is rumored to work.  Now that the kernel 
works again, I will try to test grub myself at some point soon.

Jason


On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 2:33 PM Frank Scheiner  
wrote:
On 08/15/2018 02:07 AM, Jason Duerstock wrote:
> FYI, as of today's build, the kernel works again:
> 
> ii  linux-image-4.17.0-2-mckinley       4.17.14-1                      
>   ia64         Linux 4.17 for Itanium 2+
> 
> $ uname -a
> Linux netsvcs1 4.17.0-2-mckinley #1 SMP Debian 4.17.14-1 (2018-08-13) 
> ia64 GNU/Linux
> 
> Jason

Cool, will give it a try soon.

Any idea what was changed to make it work? Kernel config maybe?

And say, what machine and what boot loader and boot method (e.g. 
netboot, boot from disk, etc.) did you use?

Cheers,
Frank