[rescue] Openboot Update needed for Netra X1

Lionel Peterson lionel4287 at gmail.com
Wed May 21 14:01:56 CDT 2014


Never mind - I found it on the web, but not from Oracle...

Thanks anyway,

Lionel

On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Well, I've gotten Solaris 10 1/13 installed: and now I've got a
> strange issue - it seems the OS throws out these error messages:
>
>      WARNING: ds1287_attach: Failed to add high interrupt.
>      WARNING: ds1287_attach: Another instance is already attached.
>
> It seems I need to update my OpenBoot PROM, this is what I currently
> have (notice the lack of a version number after 4.0):
>
>      Sun Netra X1 (UltraSPARC-IIe 400MHz), No Keyboard
>      OpenBoot 4.0, 1024 MB memory installed, Serial #50717018.
>      Ethernet address 0:3:ba:5:e1:5a, Host ID: 8305e15a.
>
> Link to open issues, scroll down to platform specific, then the Netra X1 entry:
>
>      http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19683-01/817-6356-10/openissues.html#CJBCGAID
>
> This is the patch I need (latest version available):
>
>      http://ftp.kfki.hu/Sun/sun-fixes/111952.readme
>
> With Oracle having taken over Sun and re-arranging all their bits,
> anyone know how I can get this patch to update my OpenBoot PROM? Is
> this old enough to be available somewhere on the web?
>
> My best information is that there is an -03 version of the patch
> (111952-03) and it dates back to 2003ish...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lionel
> --
> Lionel Peterson
> lionel4287 at gmail.com



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