[SPARCbook] SparcLE Question

Michael macallan at netbsd.org
Sat Jan 3 15:50:07 CST 2009


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Hello,

On Jan 3, 2009, at 4:26 PM, Gary Borgen Old wrote:

>> Run test-memory a couple times, if that doesn't throw any ECC errors
>> you can still boot the OS single user ( so no filesystem gets mounted
>> write-enabled )
>
> Well, I entered the OBP (ok prompt) and tried:
> test-memory
> test /memory
> obdiag
> test-all
>
> All I get back is the command I entered, followed by a ?
>
> .version returns:
> Release 4.03 Tadpole 1.05 Version 368 created 2003/09/03 16:29
> OBP 4.0.112 2003/09/03 16:29
>
> I have the environmental values set to:
> diag-level = max
> diag-switch? = true
>
> diagnostic-mode?  returns no info.
>
> The SparcLE users guide gives no OBP reference info.  The Sun OBP 4
> reference says the commands should work.  I'm stumped.

Argh, looks like I spent too much time with OBP2 machines - my U60
with OBP 3.23 doesn't have test-memory, and /memory doesn't have a
selftest method either.
Your diag-* settings should force a probably lengthy memory test on
power-up though.

have fun
Michael

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