[illumos-Developer] HEADS UP: sparc build fixed, niagra crypto removed

[Garrett D'Amore]

You can follow the instructions on the build wiki.  The *only* gotcha I
ran into during the build is that you also need to install
pkg:/system/dbus

Here's the wiki:

https://www.illumos.org/projects/illumos-gate/wiki/How_To_Build_illumos

Note that I started from a build 145 system.  If you don't have a system
at at least that level, be prepared for extra pain and suffering.

	- Garrett

On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 15:34 -0500, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> > First off, I've fixed the SPARC build.  So you can go back to building
> > illumos on SPARC.
> >
> > Second, I've removed the n2cp and ncp drivers which provided Niagra hw
> > accelerated crypto.  The bits are located in the old sparc crypto
> > tarball, which you can obtain from the OpenSolaris download site at
> > Oracle.  They were removed because of
> >
> > a) we would have had to reinstate the crypto tarball on sparc, which may
> > have caused other grief.
> >
> > b) I can't verify for certain that they would have worked
> >
> > c) illumos will probably never Niagra crypto acceleration unless specs
> > for the necessary hardware are made available (which seems unlikely)
> >
> > d) ultimately, these drivers are not *necessary* for correct operation
> > of the system.
> >
> > If you want to add the drivers manually, you will need to copy them into
> > the right place (from the crypto tarball) -- these may or may not work
> > so caveat emptor:
> >
> > /platform/sun4v/kernel/drv/ncp.conf
> > /platform/sun4v/kernel/drv/n2cp.conf
> > /platform/sun4v/kernel/drv/sparcv9/ncp
> > /platform/sun4v/kernel/drv/sparcv9/n2cp
> >
> > Then to enable them you need to configure them with add_drv, like this:
> >
> > add_drv -i '"SUNW,kt-mau" "SUNW,n2-mau" "SUNW,sunv4-ncp" "SUNW,vf-mau"'
> > ncp
> >
> > add_drv -i '"SUNW,kt-cwq" "SUNW,n2-cwq" "SUNW,vf-cwq"' n2cp
> >
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > 	- Garrett
> 
> This is excellent news.
> 
> I have set aside a build server here for this and am looking forwards to
> trying a full bootstrap. Is there a requirements page somewhere that would
> detail the build process ?  Do we need a minimal install base to begin
> with of snv_138 ( or similar ) and Oracle Studio 12.2 ?
> 
> I have the following server set aside at Blastwave for the task :
> 
> 
>  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                    Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 s10s_u9wos_14a SPARC
>      Copyright (c) 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
>                             Assembled 11 August 2010
>  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> gamma console login: root
> Password:
> Last login: Fri Nov 19 20:45:44 on console
> Nov 19 21:39:35 gamma login: ROOT LOGIN /dev/console
> Oracle Corporation      SunOS 5.10      Generic Patch   January 2005
> #
> # uname -a
> SunOS gamma 5.10 Generic_144488-03 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V890
> # psrinfo -pv
> The physical processor has 2 virtual processors (1 17)
>   UltraSPARC-IV+ (portid 1 impl 0x19 ver 0x22 clock 1800 MHz)
> The physical processor has 2 virtual processors (3 19)
>   UltraSPARC-IV+ (portid 3 impl 0x19 ver 0x22 clock 1800 MHz)
> #
> 
> # prtdiag -v
> System Configuration:  Sun Microsystems  sun4u Sun Fire V890
> System clock frequency: 150 MHz
> Memory size: 8192 Megabytes
> 
> ========================= CPUs
> ===============================================
> 
>            Run   E$  CPU    CPU
> Brd  CPU   MHz   MB Impl.   Mask
> --- ----- ---- ---- ------- ----
>  B  1, 17 1800 32.0 US-IV+   2.2
>  B  3, 19 1800 32.0 US-IV+   2.2
> 
> ========================= Memory Configuration
> ===============================
> 
>            Logical  Logical  Logical
>       MC   Bank     Bank     Bank         DIMM    Interleave  Interleaved
>  Brd  ID   num      size     Status       Size    Factor      with
> ----  ---  ----     ------   -----------  ------  ----------  -----------
>   B    1     0      1024MB   no_status     512MB     8-way        0
>   B    1     1      1024MB   no_status     512MB     8-way        0
>   B    1     2      1024MB   no_status     512MB     8-way        0
>   B    1     3      1024MB   no_status     512MB     8-way        0
>   B    3     0      1024MB   no_status     512MB     8-way        0
>   B    3     1      1024MB   no_status     512MB     8-way        0
>   B    3     2      1024MB   no_status     512MB     8-way        0
>   B    3     3      1024MB   no_status     512MB     8-way        0
> 
> .
> .
> .
> System PROM revisions:
> ----------------------
> OBP 4.30.4.c 2010/09/29 09:44
> 
> 
> I'm more than happy to grant ssh access and console acess to the right
> person who would like to take a kick at a build. I am sure this machine
> could do what is needed in six or seven hours.
> 
> What I am looking for is the details on how one gets the whole code base
> to build because the OpenSolaris project was getting very fuzzy on that
> and often times a build would fail for some undocumented nuance or patch
> rev in the compilers or some such magic incantation. That was why I
> finally gave up with doing it at all. It was too much like floundering in
> the dark.
> 
> However I'd like to jump on top of this right away if someone wants to get
> involved also.
>