Re: New test kernel - second attempt

Riccardo Mottola <[email protected]> Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:09:04 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.ports.sparc,gmane.linux.debian.ports.sparc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Adrian,

John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> Keep in mind you may have to keep the machine off for a longer time or reset
> the NV-RAM. We've got multiple reports now of machines that became stable
> after that.

I can retry. But with a Fire T1000 or T2000 it is not as easy as with my 
other systems: the system LOM makes in any case a poweron-selftest where 
it power ups the machine and powers it down again before one can start 
it again.  It makes physical testing a little more complicated.

Furthermore (but it might be my fault) I cannot type anything on the 
console. I use the same LOM serial cable and same setup on my T1 and 
there I can "type" in the LOM commands for power-on, reboot... on the 
T1000 not: I can read, but not type. I everytime need to physically 
press the button on the system, wait it to cycle. Once it comes up, I 
can use GRUB to select the kernel and it responds to console input as 
well as if a successful boot comes, the login also works. This proves 
that the cable works (well, works on the T1 too) and also that the setup 
seems fine.

Riccardo