Hi Adrian, > On 9/23/21 21:57, Ulrich Teichert wrote: > > and putting the four SIMMs into bank 0 only, I was able to boot my ancient > > kernel with 128 MB of ram. So far so good, but I failed to boot the > > 5.15-rc2 kernel over aboot or from the CDROM, with exactly the same > > behavior as before (uncompressing.... forever or machine check with HALT). > > Out of curiosity, have you tried a recent Debian ISO for Alpha? > > > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/current/ Awesome! This boots right away, here's the full boot log from the serial console until init starts: Alpha AXP System - ROM Version 1.7 Copyright (c) 1993 Digital Equipment Corporation. Alpha AXP SRM Firmware Version - 32f System conducting power up tests ------------------------------------------------------------ Devnam Devstat -------- ------- CPU OK EV4 P3.0 6.6ns MEM OK 128MB NVR OK SCC OK IT OK KBD OK LPT OK VGA OK SCSI OK ------------------------------------------------------------ System power up OK. >>> boot dka500 -fl i INIT-S-CPU... AUDIT_BOOT_STARTS ... AUDIT_CHECKSUM_GOOD AUDIT_LOAD_BEGINS AUDIT_LOAD_DONE aboot: Linux/Alpha SRM bootloader version 1.0_pre20040408 aboot: switching to OSF/1 PALcode version 1.35 aboot: booting from device 'SCSI 1 6 0 0 500 0 JENS-IO' aboot: no disklabel found. iso: Max size:145780 Log zone size:2048 iso: First datazone:19 Root inode number 38912 aboot: could not find default config `I' Welcome to aboot 1.0_pre20040408 Commands: h, ? Display this message q Halt the system and return to SRM p 1-8 Look in partition <num> for configuration/kernel l List preconfigured kernels d <dir> List directory <dir> in current filesystem b <file> <args> Boot kernel in <file> (- for raw boot) i <file> Use <file> as initial ramdisk with arguments <args> 0-9 Boot preconfiguration 0-9 (list with 'l') aboot> l 0:boot/vmlinuz ramdisk_size=47628 initrd=/boot/initrd.gz root=/dev/ram devfs=mount,dall 1:boot/vmlinuz ramdisk_size=47628 initrd=/boot/initrd.gz root=/dev/ram devfs=mount,dall console=ttyS0 2:boot/vmlinuz ramdisk_size=47628 initrd=/boot/initrd.gz root=/dev/ram devfs=mount,dall console=ttyS1 aboot> 1 aboot: loading uncompressed boot/vmlinuz... aboot: loading compressed boot/vmlinuz... aboot: zero-filling 447516 bytes at 0xfffffc00024faf4c aboot: loading initrd (15874549 bytes/15502 blocks) at 0xfffffc0006d62000 aboot: starting kernel boot/vmlinuz with arguments ramdisk_size=47628 root=/dev/ram devfs=mount,dall console=ttyS0 [ 0.000000] Linux version 5.14.0-1-alpha-generic (debian-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) (gcc-10 (Debian 10.3.0-9) 10.3.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.37) #1 Debian 5.14.6-2 (2021-09-19) [ 0.000000] Booting GENERIC on Jensen using machine vector Jensen from SRM [ 0.000000] Major Options: MAGIC_SYSRQ [ 0.000000] Command line: ramdisk_size=47628 root=/dev/ram devfs=mount,dall console=ttyS0 [ 0.000000] memcluster 0, usage 1, start 0, end 256 [ 0.000000] memcluster 1, usage 0, start 256, end 16384 [ 0.000000] Initial ramdisk at: 0x(____ptrval____) (15874549 bytes) [ 0.000000] 512K Bcache detected; load hit latency 17 cycles, load miss latency 59 cycles [ 0.000000] Max ASN from HWRPB is bad (0xf) [ 0.000000] Zone ranges: [ 0.000000] DMA [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000ffffff] [ 0.000000] Normal [mem 0x0000000001000000-0x0000000007ffffff] [ 0.000000] Movable zone start for each node [ 0.000000] Early memory node ranges [ 0.000000] node 0: [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x0000000007ffffff] [ 0.000000] Initmem setup node 0 [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x0000000007ffffff] [ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 16256 [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: ramdisk_size=47628 root=/dev/ram devfs=mount,dall console=ttyS0 [ 0.000000] Unknown command line parameters: ramdisk_size=47628 devfs=mount,dall [ 0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 131072 bytes, linear) [ 0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 65536 bytes, linear) [ 0.000000] Sorting __ex_table... [ 0.000000] opDEC fixup enabled. [ 0.000000] mem auto-init: stack:off, heap alloc:on, heap free:off [ 0.000000] Memory: 90256K/131072K available (8897K kernel code, 9499K rwdata, 2704K rodata, 312K init, 437K bss, 40816K reserved, 0K cma-reserved) [ 0.000000] random: get_random_u64 called from __kmem_cache_create+0x54/0x600 with crng_init=0 [ 0.000000] SLUB: HWalign=64, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1 [ 0.000000] NR_IRQS: 32784 [ 0.000000] clocksource: rpcc: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 12741736309 ns [ 0.007812] Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 [ 0.038085] printk: console [ttyS0] enabled [ 0.040039] Calibrating delay loop... 282.32 BogoMIPS (lpj=137728) [ 0.049804] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301 [ 0.054687] LSM: Security Framework initializing [ 0.059570] Yama: disabled by default; enable with sysctl kernel.yama.* [ 0.063476] AppArmor: AppArmor initialized [ 0.064453] TOMOYO Linux initialized [ 0.068359] Mount-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 8192 bytes, linear) [ 0.071289] Mountpoint-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 8192 bytes, linear) [ 0.103515] Performance events: No support for your CPU. [ 0.117187] devtmpfs: initialized [ 0.163085] clocksource: jiffies: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 1866466235866741 ns [ 0.166015] futex hash table entries: 256 (order: -1, 6144 bytes, linear) [ 0.179687] NET: Registered PF_NETLINK/PF_ROUTE protocol family [ 0.182617] audit: initializing netlink subsys (disabled) [ 0.193359] thermal_sys: Registered thermal governor 'fair_share' [ 0.193359] thermal_sys: Registered thermal governor 'bang_bang' [ 0.194335] thermal_sys: Registered thermal governor 'step_wise' [ 0.196288] thermal_sys: Registered thermal governor 'user_space' [ 0.249999] random: fast init done [ 0.252929] audit: type=2000 audit(0.186:1): state=initialized audit_enabled=0 res=1 [ 12.660149] iommu: Default domain type: Translated [ 12.663079] vgaarb: loaded [ 12.684563] NetLabel: Initializing [ 12.685540] NetLabel: domain hash size = 128 [ 12.686516] NetLabel: protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4 CALIPSO [ 12.689446] NetLabel: unlabeled traffic allowed by default [ 12.692376] clocksource: Switched to clocksource rpcc [ 12.709954] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.6.0 [ 12.712884] VFS: Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 8192 bytes) [ 12.725579] AppArmor: AppArmor Filesystem Enabled [ 12.836907] NET: Registered PF_INET protocol family [ 12.839837] IP idents hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 16384 bytes, linear) [ 12.850579] tcp_listen_portaddr_hash hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 8192 bytes, linear) [ 12.851555] TCP established hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 8192 bytes, linear) [ 12.853509] TCP bind hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 8192 bytes, linear) [ 12.854485] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 1024 bind 1024) [ 12.860344] MPTCP token hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 12288 bytes, linear) [ 12.862298] UDP hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 8192 bytes, linear) [ 12.864251] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 8192 bytes, linear) [ 12.868157] NET: Registered PF_UNIX/PF_LOCAL protocol family [ 12.869134] NET: Registered PF_XDP protocol family [ 12.870110] PCI: CLS 0 bytes, default 64 [ 12.873040] Using epoch 2000 for rtc year 1 [ 12.887688] Trying to unpack rootfs image as initramfs... [ 12.939446] platform rtc-alpha: registered as rtc0 [ 12.942376] platform rtc-alpha: setting system clock to 2001-09-26T10:57:30 UTC (1001501850) [ 12.950188] Initialise system trusted keyrings [ 12.952141] Key type blacklist registered [ 12.966790] workingset: timestamp_bits=46 max_order=14 bucket_order=0 [ 13.062493] random: crng init done [ 13.131829] zbud: loaded [ 13.150383] integrity: Platform Keyring initialized [ 13.151360] Key type asymmetric registered [ 13.152337] Asymmetric key parser 'x509' registered [ 13.153313] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 250) [ 13.351555] io scheduler mq-deadline registered [ 13.358391] isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards... [ 13.453118] 00:01: card '3Com Fast EtherLink ISA' [ 13.454094] isapnp: 1 Plug & Play card detected total [ 13.561516] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled [ 13.566399] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4, base_baud = 115200) is a 16450 [ 13.584953] serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3, base_baud = 115200) is a 16450 [ 13.596672] Linux agpgart interface v0.103 [ 13.617180] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 [ 13.619133] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 9 [ 13.637688] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice [ 13.639641] ledtrig-cpu: registered to indicate activity on CPUs [ 13.653313] NET: Registered PF_INET6 protocol family [ 13.706047] atkbd serio0: keyboard reset failed on isa0060/serio0 [ 13.833000] atkbd serio1: keyboard reset failed on isa0060/serio1 [ 31.153304] Freeing initrd memory: 15496K [ 31.443343] Segment Routing with IPv6 [ 31.445296] mip6: Mobile IPv6 [ 31.447249] NET: Registered PF_PACKET protocol family [ 31.450179] mpls_gso: MPLS GSO support [ 31.455062] registered taskstats version 1 [ 31.456038] Loading compiled-in X.509 certificates [ 34.281232] Loaded X.509 cert 'Debian Secure Boot CA: 6ccece7e4c6c0d1f6149f3dd27dfcc5cbb419ea1' [ 34.283185] Loaded X.509 cert 'Debian Secure Boot Signer 2021 - linux: 4b6ef5abca669825178e052c84667ccbc0531f8c' [ 34.288068] zswap: loaded using pool lzo/zbud [ 34.298810] Key type ._fscrypt registered [ 34.299787] Key type .fscrypt registered [ 34.300763] Key type fscrypt-provisioning registered [ 34.434552] Key type encrypted registered [ 34.436505] AppArmor: AppArmor sha1 policy hashing enabled [ 34.437482] ima: No TPM chip found, activating TPM-bypass! [ 34.438458] ima: Allocated hash algorithm: sha256 [ 34.439435] ima: No architecture policies found [ 34.441388] evm: Initialising EVM extended attributes: [ 34.442365] evm: security.selinux [ 34.443341] evm: security.SMACK64 (disabled) [ 34.444318] evm: security.SMACK64EXEC (disabled) [ 34.446271] evm: security.SMACK64TRANSMUTE (disabled) [ 34.447247] evm: security.SMACK64MMAP (disabled) [ 34.449201] evm: security.apparmor [ 34.451154] evm: security.ima [ 34.452130] evm: security.capability [ 34.453107] evm: HMAC attrs: 0x1 [ 34.467755] Freeing unused kernel image (initmem) memory: 312K [ 34.470685] This architecture does not have kernel memory protection. [ 34.471662] Run /init as init process After that the installer starts, but does not find the CD-ROM, most probably because the AHA174x SCSI driver wasn't loaded or included in the initrd image, but this is definitely more than I ever expected! Could you please point me to the kernel build script you are using? I must be doing something completely wrong. I assume the installer build instructions on https://wiki.debian.org/PortsDocs/CreateDebianInstallerImages are still valid? In that case, I should be able to create a debian ports installer image with a custom kernel? Thanks for suggesting the debian ports images and of course for your maintenance work! CU, Uli -- Dipl. Inf. Ulrich Teichert|e-mail: Ulrich.Teichert@xxxxxx | Listening to: Stormweg 24 |Eat Lipstick: Dirty Little Secret, The Baboon Show: 24539 Neumuenster, Germany|Work Work Work, The Bellrays: Bad Reaction
