> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2020 13:38:37 +0200 > From: Klemens Nanni <[email protected]> > > On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 12:59:10PM +0200, Mark Kettenis wrote: > > Would be nice if we could give a hint about the firmware revisions > > that are known to work. > https://www.oracle.com/servers/technologies/firmware/release-history-jsp.html#T4-2 > > SysFW 8.9.11 from 10.01.2019 produces the following versions on my T4-2: > > hypervisor_version = Hypervisor 1.15.16 2018/11/28 07:41 > obp_version = OpenBoot 4.38.16 2018/11/28 07:24 > sysfw_version = Sun System Firmware 8.9.11 2018/11/28 07:59 > > I *assume* 8.9.x to work as well because that is what used to run on my > machine prior to updating it, buts it's guess-work and none of the > publicly available information puts actual dates next to the SysFW > versions listed on above mentioned link, so I have no means to pick a > version based on `-> show /HOST' output from Koakuma listing their known > to be broken versions. > > Here's a diff that explicitly mentions "SysFW 8.9.11" becuase that is > all I can guarantee; users with other firmware versions are encouraged > to help bisect the breaking^Wfixing change. > > OK?
yeah, I think that's the best we can do. > Index: sparc64.html > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/www/sparc64.html,v > retrieving revision 1.403 > diff -u -p -r1.403 sparc64.html > --- sparc64.html 19 May 2020 02:02:10 -0000 1.403 > +++ sparc64.html 28 Jun 2020 11:38:18 -0000 > @@ -230,6 +230,11 @@ and SPARC Enterprise T5120/T5220 may req > before OpenBSD can be successfully installed. The SPARC Enterprise > T5120/T5220 needs at least OBP 4.28.0. > > +On machines like the Oracle SPARC T4-2, older firmware versions from > +around 2011 are known to cause kernel panics and crashes in > +<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sparc64/ldomd.8";>ldomd</a>; later > +versions, at least SysFW 8.9.11 from 2018, are known to work. > + > <h4>Supported devices</h4> > > <ul> >
