[linux-sparc-users] M3000 failing to boot with "ERROR: CPU RED_State Reset has occurred."

[Kyle K]

Hello,

I wasn't aware that there was port of Debian 9.0 for SPARC, I rushed and
tried it, unfortunately it is not booting either.

---
{0} ok boot cdrom
Boot device: /pci at 0,600000/pci at 0/pci at 0/scsi at 0/disk at 4,0:f  File and args:
SILO Version 1.4.14
\
                  Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux sid!
boot:
Allocated 64 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel
Loaded kernel version 4.13.4
Loading initial ramdisk (13730027 bytes at 0x7FE000000 phys, 0x40C00000
virt)...
-
ERROR: Last Trap: Division by Zero
%TL:1 %TT:28 %TPC:430034 %TnPC:430038 %TSTATE:1180001603
%PSTATE:16 ( IE:1 PRIV:1 PEF:1 )
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If SPARC64 processors are unsupported in Linux then it would be a shame,
how did *BSD guys get it working but we don't have it working in Linux?

I had high hopes that perhaps I was running into some bug in older kernel
that might have been fixed in newer versions, looking at this Debian 9.0 it
comes with Linux 4.13.4, this might mean that SPARC64VII indeed is not
supported? Why not?   :(

On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 1:43 PM, Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Kyle K wrote:
>
> > I have been trying to get any SPARC based Linux distribution working
> > without success on M3000 server with SPARC64 VII CPU.
>
> I believe all Fujitsu's SPARC64 processors are unsupported by the kernel/
> toolchain, but SPARC64 X.
>
> > Today I came across this Oracle's reference Linux distribution and was
> > excited to try it out hoping it would work, but it is failing on same
> > error that other distros did. I tried Debian 7.11.0 (which is the last
> > SPARC based Debian ISO before support got dropped in 8), tried Gentoo
> > latest minimal CD dated 20141201 and also tried older ISO from 2008.
> > They all fail with "ERROR: CPU RED_State Reset has occurred."
>
> Anyway you should use a recent distribution:
>  - Debian 9.0: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__cdimage.debian.org_cdimage_ports_&d=DwIBaQ&c=RoP1YumCXCgaWHvlZYR8PQcxBKCX5YTpkKY057SbK10&r=P9v4pXqooLeISrRSaKkcIEKGuofauKY7xQONirW4Wkk&m=m-YjolwDTW1pv7LiXVOE7b4CIyBWMQLASNkodgLJHVE&s=a-HqR7Cxxxv9R2Hv4nxsxzQ9z3HQOlHj5jYeXi8xb9M&e= 
>  - Oracle Linux 6.9 (UEK4): http://www.oracle.com/
> technetwork/server-storage/linux/downloads/oracle-linux-sparc-3665558.html
>  - Gentoo for SPARC is dead.
>
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