Re: Trouble getting X running

From http://www.openbsd.org/alpha.html in the "Project list" :
"Make X11 work on PCI VGA cards for machines without BWX"

Is anyone working on that, or does anyone know what is needed to do
that ?

BWX on alpha is Byte Word eXtension, which is if I remember correctly,
a set of 6 new instructions introduced with the EV56. Those instructions
enable the alpha to load/store data in 8 or 16 bits (before that, the
alpha could only load/store 32 or 64 bits at a time).

Cheers

khaqq



On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:52:37 -0400
Jeremy Chase <[email protected]> wrote:

> I haven't put X on my Alpha yet, but if the error message says that
> "libio is only available on bwx capable machines", I would assume you
> need to have it...
> 
> 
> A snippet from my Alpha's dmesg shows the BWX presence (a 500u). I
> honestly don't even know what BWX is yet, but if I were you I'd try to
> get X working without trying to use it, if that is possible.. Good
> luck, sorry I don't know more.
> 
> -Jeremy
> 
> cpu0 at mainbus0: ID 0 (primary), 21164A-0 (unknown minor type 0)
> cpu0: Architecture extensions: 1<BWX>
> cia0 at mainbus0: DECchip 2117x Core Logic Chipset (Pyxis), pass 1
> cia0: extended capabilities: 1<BWEN>
> cia0: using BWX for PCI config and bus access
> cia0: WARNING: Pyxis pass 1 DMA bug; no bets...
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/28/05, nikns <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >Given that you have a TGA framebuffer, you should be able to run X by
> > >starting it as root with the '-keepPriv' option.
> >
> > Hi!
> > Upgraded to 3.8 and now trying:
> >
> > # X
> > X: libio is only available on bwx capable machines
> >
> > # X -keepPriv
> >
> > X Window System Version 6.8.2
> > Release Date: 9 February 2005
> > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2
> > Build Operating System: OpenBSD 3.8 alpha [ELF]
> > Current Operating System: OpenBSD alphastation.my.domain 3.8
> > GENERIC#627 alpha
> > Build Date: 30 September 2005
> >         Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
> >         to make sure that you have the latest version.
> > Module Loader present
> > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
> >         (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
> >         (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> > (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Oct 28 16:44:15 2005
> > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
> > X: libio is only available on bwx capable machines
> >
> > OpenBSD 3.8-current (GENERIC) #627: Tue Oct 18 08:03:09 MDT 2005
> >     [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/alpha/compile/GENERIC
> > AlphaStation 200 4/166, 166MHz
> > 8192 byte page size, 1 processor.
> > total memory = 100663296 (98304K)
> > (2048000 reserved for PROM, 98615296 used by OpenBSD)
> > avail memory = 79364096 (77504K)
> > using 1203 buffers containing 9854976 bytes (9624K) of memory
> > mainbus0 (root)
> > cpu0 at mainbus0: ID 0 (primary), 21064-0 (pass 2 or 2.1)
> > apecs0 at mainbus0: DECchip 21071 Core Logic chipset
> > apecs0: DC21071-CA pass 2, 64-bit memory bus
> > apecs0: DC21071-DA pass 2
> > pci0 at apecs0 bus 0
> > siop0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 "Symbios Logic 53c810" rev 0x02: isa irq 11
> > scsibus0 at siop0: 8 targets
> > sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <DEC, RZ29B (C) DEC, 0007> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
> > sd0: 4091MB, 3708 cyl, 20 head, 113 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 8380080 sec total
> > sd1 at scsibus0 targ 3 lun 0: <FUJITSU, M2934S-512, 0138> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
> > sd1: 4153MB, 3421 cyl, 18 head, 138 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 8506782 sec total
> > cd0 at scsibus0 targ 4 lun 0: <DEC, RRD43 (C) DEC, 1084> SCSI2 5/cdrom removable
> > sio0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "Intel 82378IB ISA" rev 0x03
> > de0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0 "DEC 21040" rev 0x23: isa irq 5
> > de0: DEC  pass 2.3 address 08:00:2b:e4:b2:34
> > de1 at pci0 dev 12 function 0 "DEC 21140" rev 0x22: isa irq 9
> >
> > de1: DEC DE500-AA  pass 2.2 address 00:00:f8:09:8c:16
> > tga0 at pci0 dev 13 function 0 "DEC 21030" rev 0x02: DC21030 step B, board type T8-02
> > tga0: 1280 x 1024, 8bpp, Bt485 RAMDAC
> > tga0: interrupting at isa irq 10
> > wsdisplay0 at tga0 mux 1: console (std, vt100 emulation)
> > isa0 at sio0
> > isadma0 at isa0
> > com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
> > com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
> > pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
> > pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
> > pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
> > wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
> > pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
> > midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
> > spkr0 at pcppi0
> > isabeep0 at pcppi0
> > lpt0 at isa0 port 0x3bc/4 irq 7
> > fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2
> > fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
> > mcclock0 at isa0 port 0x70/2: mc146818 or compatible
> > root on sd0a swap on sd0b
> > siop0: target 0 now using tagged 8 bit 10.0 MHz 8 REQ/ACK offset xfers
> > rootdev=0x800 rrootdev=0x800 rawdev=0x802
> >
> > stray isa irq 4
> > stray isa irq 3
> > syncing disks... done
> > halted.