Re: debian-9.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso (rel 2018-02-16T23:09:00) Networking issues on Blade 150
Hello Frank, https://eskimo.com/~jibanes/sparc/idprom2.jpg I did change the mac address, as you can see in the screenshot linked above, but it lead to the same outcome. Could you think of anything else I should try? I could change the byte at fff4dfd9 to 80, but I'm afraid it would lead to the same result. I can't think the network adapter is defective because I can use it on other operating systems, and when configured manually (prior to the installer's network configuration) it works fine, if/when I let the installer deal with this, even manually assigning an ip address, I do not have network connectivity at all. On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 1:02 AM, Frank Scheinerwrote: > Hi Jerome, > > On 02/22/2018 01:23 AM, Jerome Ibanes wrote: >> >> Frank, >> >> Could you try the following in obp: >> cd /pci@1f,0/ebus@c/eeprom@1,0 >> fff4bfd0 30 dump >> and tell me the numbers in fff4bfd8 and fff4bfd9, I would like to know >> if it's 01 80 or 01 83 > > > That must be the "(real) machine type" (the second byte only, which is the > first byte of a hostid). Without looking at it, I can say from my banner > message that I have "(01) 80" currently in there, but I don't know the > original value. I hadn't recorded that information before my NVRAM battery > was depleted and I couldn't find a banner message from a Blade 100 online, > so assumed "80" is correct. > > [1] on page 17 shows it to be "83" for a Blade 150 (which seems to be > correct, see below). On the other hand [2] on page 67 shows it to be "61" > for a Blade 100 - which must be plain wrong as [3] lists it as starting with > "8". Maybe it was "80" for Blade 100s that use the 08:00:20 block and "83" > for Blade 100s that use the 00:03:ba block, which would make "80" actually > wrong for my machine and used MAC address block. > > [1]: > https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19127-01/blade150.ws/816-4379-10/816-4379-10.pdf > > [2]: > https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19127-01/blade100.ws/806-3416-10/806-3416-10.pdf > > [3]: > https://web.archive.org/web/20030116022314/http://sunsolve.sun.com:80/handbook_pub/Devices/IDPROM/IDPROM_Parts.html?wrapper=false > > But as my machine doesn't show any issues with IP address auto-configuration > from the installer despite the assumed wrong "(real) machine type" in the > hostid, it might be unrelated to your problem. > > Cheers, > Frank
Re: debian-9.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso (rel 2018-02-16T23:09:00) Networking issues on Blade 150
Hi Jerome, On 02/22/2018 01:23 AM, Jerome Ibanes wrote: Frank, Could you try the following in obp: cd /pci@1f,0/ebus@c/eeprom@1,0 fff4bfd0 30 dump and tell me the numbers in fff4bfd8 and fff4bfd9, I would like to know if it's 01 80 or 01 83 That must be the "(real) machine type" (the second byte only, which is the first byte of a hostid). Without looking at it, I can say from my banner message that I have "(01) 80" currently in there, but I don't know the original value. I hadn't recorded that information before my NVRAM battery was depleted and I couldn't find a banner message from a Blade 100 online, so assumed "80" is correct. [1] on page 17 shows it to be "83" for a Blade 150 (which seems to be correct, see below). On the other hand [2] on page 67 shows it to be "61" for a Blade 100 - which must be plain wrong as [3] lists it as starting with "8". Maybe it was "80" for Blade 100s that use the 08:00:20 block and "83" for Blade 100s that use the 00:03:ba block, which would make "80" actually wrong for my machine and used MAC address block. [1]: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19127-01/blade150.ws/816-4379-10/816-4379-10.pdf [2]: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19127-01/blade100.ws/806-3416-10/806-3416-10.pdf [3]: https://web.archive.org/web/20030116022314/http://sunsolve.sun.com:80/handbook_pub/Devices/IDPROM/IDPROM_Parts.html?wrapper=false But as my machine doesn't show any issues with IP address auto-configuration from the installer despite the assumed wrong "(real) machine type" in the hostid, it might be unrelated to your problem. Cheers, Frank
Re: debian-9.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso (rel 2018-02-16T23:09:00) Networking issues on Blade 150
Frank, Could you try the following in obp: cd /pci@1f,0/ebus@c/eeprom@1,0 fff4bfd0 30 dump and tell me the numbers in fff4bfd8 and fff4bfd9, I would like to know if it's 01 80 or 01 83 thank you On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 12:20 PM, Frank Scheinerwrote: > Hi Jerome, > > On 02/21/2018 08:39 PM, Jerome Ibanes wrote: >> >> * Is there a chance that your local DHCP setup is not working properly? >> I highly doubt it, as it works well for another operating system on >> this blade, although after the dhcp client failure from the installer, >> I chose the option to setup the ip address manually, but it was unable >> to succeed doing so. > > > What does your DHCP server log when you're trying the IP auto-configuration > from the installer? Compare it with what happens when this is done on > Solaris. > >> >> Do you think the nvram swap caused this issue, and should I reprogram >> the chip to its former mac address? > > > No, not really, I actually expect it to work with any MAC address, although > it could make problems to use a MAC address not from Sun's MAC address > blocks, but that's not the case for you. I just wondered about the how. :-) > > But you could give it a try, of course. While there's no mkp/mkpl in v4.x > OBP, it could work using the description on [1]. Also the Sun NVRAM/hostid > FAQ ([2]) mentions this method. But I haven't tried this yet for myself, so > no guarantee that it will work. > > [1]: https://github.com/MrSparc/idprom-repair > [2]: http://www.obsolyte.com/sunFAQ/faq_nvram.html#arcane > > But maybe it's not worth the effort to go back to the original MAC address > if the machine works well with Solaris. > > Did you reset the OBP environment vars after you installed the new NVRAM > into your Blade 150? If it was programmed in another Sun machine (not a > Blade 150 but e.g. a Sun Enterprise 250), it could contain garbage from the > other machine. > > Cheers, > Frank
Re: debian-9.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso (rel 2018-02-16T23:09:00) Networking issues on Blade 150
Hello Frank, Thanks for looking into this. * What installation mode did you use? The "normal mode", similar to yours. * I always assumed that MAC addresses from the 08:00:20 block were only used with "older" Sun machines. They might, my blade has 8:0:20:c8:f4:a7, but historically had 00:03:ba:dc:0c:57; I had to change the nvram chip when its battery ran out, it's quite possible that the new one changed my blade's mac address, I would be surprised if this caused the issue, but it's not impossible. * Is there a chance that your local DHCP setup is not working properly? I highly doubt it, as it works well for another operating system on this blade, although after the dhcp client failure from the installer, I chose the option to setup the ip address manually, but it was unable to succeed doing so. Do you think the nvram swap caused this issue, and should I reprogram the chip to its former mac address? Jerome On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 11:07 AM, Frank Scheinerwrote: > Hi Jerome, > > On 02/21/2018 04:00 AM, Jerome Ibanes wrote: >> >> The same behavior is observed using >> https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/debian-9.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso >> Timestamped "2018-02-07 20:35" (md5=be24e824141daf81e8ca3640a1f59f9a) >> Hope this helps. > > > I fetched my Blade 100 (should be close enough to a Blade 150) from storage > and gave both the latest sparc64 ISO image ([1], dated 2018-02-16 23:09) at > Adrian's space and the official one ([2], dated 2018-02-07 20:35) a try > today. In contrast to what you experienced, I didn't experience any issues > with the network configuration done by the installer so far. > > [1]: > https://people.debian.org/~glaubitz/debian-cd/debian-9.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso > > [2]: > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/debian-9.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso > > Installation was done in normal mode for both images. I stopped the > installation with the official one after network configuration succeeded. > > What installation mode did you use? > > We have the same OBP version and I assume apart from the CPU most of our > hardware should be identical. A difference is that your Blade 150 seems to > use a MAC address from the 08:00:20 block, whereas mine uses a MAC address > from the 00:03:ba block. I always assumed that MAC addresses from the > 08:00:20 block were only used with "older" Sun machines. But maybe the Blade > 100 and 150 were available with both. Shouldn't make a difference, but was > unexpected. > > Is there a chance that your local DHCP setup is not working properly? > > Or maybe I misunderstood you at this point: > > Did you expect an automatic configuration with DHCP from the installer or > were you manually configuring IP addresses in the installer dialogues and it > couldn't or didn't configure your network interface properly? > > I always use DHCP so never tested if the manual network configuration done > via the installer works. > > Cheers, > Frank
Re: debian-9.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso (rel 2018-02-16T23:09:00) Networking issues on Blade 150
Hi Jerome, On 02/21/2018 08:39 PM, Jerome Ibanes wrote: * Is there a chance that your local DHCP setup is not working properly? I highly doubt it, as it works well for another operating system on this blade, although after the dhcp client failure from the installer, I chose the option to setup the ip address manually, but it was unable to succeed doing so. What does your DHCP server log when you're trying the IP auto-configuration from the installer? Compare it with what happens when this is done on Solaris. Do you think the nvram swap caused this issue, and should I reprogram the chip to its former mac address? No, not really, I actually expect it to work with any MAC address, although it could make problems to use a MAC address not from Sun's MAC address blocks, but that's not the case for you. I just wondered about the how. :-) But you could give it a try, of course. While there's no mkp/mkpl in v4.x OBP, it could work using the description on [1]. Also the Sun NVRAM/hostid FAQ ([2]) mentions this method. But I haven't tried this yet for myself, so no guarantee that it will work. [1]: https://github.com/MrSparc/idprom-repair [2]: http://www.obsolyte.com/sunFAQ/faq_nvram.html#arcane But maybe it's not worth the effort to go back to the original MAC address if the machine works well with Solaris. Did you reset the OBP environment vars after you installed the new NVRAM into your Blade 150? If it was programmed in another Sun machine (not a Blade 150 but e.g. a Sun Enterprise 250), it could contain garbage from the other machine. Cheers, Frank
Re: debian-9.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso (rel 2018-02-16T23:09:00) Networking issues on Blade 150
Hi Jerome, On 02/21/2018 04:00 AM, Jerome Ibanes wrote: The same behavior is observed using https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/debian-9.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso Timestamped "2018-02-07 20:35" (md5=be24e824141daf81e8ca3640a1f59f9a) Hope this helps. I fetched my Blade 100 (should be close enough to a Blade 150) from storage and gave both the latest sparc64 ISO image ([1], dated 2018-02-16 23:09) at Adrian's space and the official one ([2], dated 2018-02-07 20:35) a try today. In contrast to what you experienced, I didn't experience any issues with the network configuration done by the installer so far. [1]: https://people.debian.org/~glaubitz/debian-cd/debian-9.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso [2]: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/debian-9.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso Installation was done in normal mode for both images. I stopped the installation with the official one after network configuration succeeded. What installation mode did you use? We have the same OBP version and I assume apart from the CPU most of our hardware should be identical. A difference is that your Blade 150 seems to use a MAC address from the 08:00:20 block, whereas mine uses a MAC address from the 00:03:ba block. I always assumed that MAC addresses from the 08:00:20 block were only used with "older" Sun machines. But maybe the Blade 100 and 150 were available with both. Shouldn't make a difference, but was unexpected. Is there a chance that your local DHCP setup is not working properly? Or maybe I misunderstood you at this point: Did you expect an automatic configuration with DHCP from the installer or were you manually configuring IP addresses in the installer dialogues and it couldn't or didn't configure your network interface properly? I always use DHCP so never tested if the manual network configuration done via the installer works. Cheers, Frank
Re: debian-9.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso (rel 2018-02-16T23:09:00) Networking issues on Blade 150
Hello Adrian, The same behavior is observed using https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/debian-9.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso Timestamped "2018-02-07 20:35" (md5=be24e824141daf81e8ca3640a1f59f9a) Hope this helps. On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 7:57 AM, Jerome Ibaneswrote: > I see, I can try the official one if you want, and report my findings > within a few hours. > Stay tuned! > > > Jerome > > On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 7:54 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > wrote: >> On 02/20/2018 04:49 PM, Jerome Ibanes wrote: >>> >>> That's the image I have tried, see the thread title "2018-02-16 23:09". >>> 28311de5f603397922e767f1083b3418 debian-9.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso >> >> >> Well, that image is not the official one. >> >> The official ones are here: >> >>> https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/ >> >> >> The images in my personal webspace are purely for my own testing >> and development purposes. >> >> >> Adrian >> >> -- >> .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz >> : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org >> `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de >> `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: debian-9.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso (rel 2018-02-16T23:09:00) Networking issues on Blade 150
I see, I can try the official one if you want, and report my findings within a few hours. Stay tuned! Jerome On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 7:54 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitzwrote: > On 02/20/2018 04:49 PM, Jerome Ibanes wrote: >> >> That's the image I have tried, see the thread title "2018-02-16 23:09". >> 28311de5f603397922e767f1083b3418 debian-9.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso > > > Well, that image is not the official one. > > The official ones are here: > >> https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/ > > > The images in my personal webspace are purely for my own testing > and development purposes. > > > Adrian > > -- > .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org > `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de > `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: debian-9.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso (rel 2018-02-16T23:09:00) Networking issues on Blade 150
On 02/20/2018 04:49 PM, Jerome Ibanes wrote: That's the image I have tried, see the thread title "2018-02-16 23:09". 28311de5f603397922e767f1083b3418 debian-9.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso Well, that image is not the official one. The official ones are here: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/ The images in my personal webspace are purely for my own testing and development purposes. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: debian-9.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso (rel 2018-02-16T23:09:00) Networking issues on Blade 150
On 02/20/2018 05:17 AM, Jerome Ibanes wrote: > Installer fails to setup networking, I switched to a console, no ip > address was assigned, I issued > "ip link set enp0s12f1", the blade locked up for a few seconds then displayed: Can you try this image? > https://people.debian.org/~glaubitz/debian-cd/debian-9.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso Note: This image currently doesn't detect which partition type sparc64 uses but that's known and also because this is a work-in-progress. > Thank you Adrian for keeping this port alive. You're welcome. But there are many more involved. Join us on #debian-ports (OFTC). Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913