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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by stephenw10

      SoC UART1 is in pins 3 and 4 of J2. But that's not the issue here the serial console is working for the boot output just not the interactive console. I'd double check /etc/ttys.

      Steve

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Our development guys tell me that retraining for the RAM can take up to 10mins so that's likely the problem there. Just wait longer if you need to remove the RAM. Or to reinstall it if it has retrained without it.

        Steve

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        • M
          madapter
          last edited by

          Confirmed it varies but up to 10 minutes is what I'm seeing. I guess 5 minutes wait isn't enough sometimes. Still no luck in getting OpenBSD installed.

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          • RicoR
            Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
            last edited by

            Wouldn't be FreeBSD the better choice to run on the XG-7100 anyway?

            -Rico

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            • M
              madapter
              last edited by

              It really comes down to what you're doing with the XG-7100. In general FreeBSD would be sufficient, but at the same time we're trying a few other OS to see what the limitations of the XG-7100 so that we can for production use under different scenarios.

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                float
                last edited by

                Sorry to bump this topic. I'm also trying to install OpenBSD.

                @madapter Does your system only have the eMMc 32GB or a m.2?

                I noticed that OpenBSD does not detect the eMMc.

                FreeBSD does:
                mmcsd0: 31GB <MMCHC BJTD4R 0.3 SN D071F424 MFG 01/2018 by 21 0x0000> at mmc0 200.0MHz/8bit/8192-block
                mmcsd0boot0: 4MB partition 1 at mmcsd0
                mmcsd0boot1: 4MB partition 2 at mmcsd0
                mmcsd0rpmb: 4MB partition 3 at mmcsd0

                Could it be that because of the lack of detection of the eMMC, the system thinks it doens't have a HDD to install and thus does not show the install option?

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  You are seeing exactly the same output?

                  It still looks like it's trying to use the VGA console to me.

                  Steve

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                    float
                    last edited by float

                    Yes, but eMMc is not mentioned:

                    OpenBSD 6.7 (RAMDISK_CD) #177: Thu May  7 11:19:02 MDT 2020
                        deraadt@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/RAMDISK_CD
                    real mem = 8562393088 (8165MB)
                    avail mem = 8298868736 (7914MB)
                    mainbus0 at root
                    bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.7 @ 0x7f6d7020 (7 entries)
                    bios0: vendor coreboot version "ADI_PLCC-01.00.00.11" date 01/08/2019
                    bios0: Silicom, Ltd. 80300-0134-g01
                    acpi0 at bios0: ACPI 3.0
                    acpi0: tables DSDT FACP SSDT MCFG TCPA APIC DMAR
                    acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
                    cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 4 (boot processor)
                    cpu0: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU C3558 @ 2.20GHz, 2195.39 MHz, 06-5f-01
                    cpu0: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,SDBG,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,RDRAND,NXE,PAGE1GB,RDTSCP,LONG,LAHF,3DNOWP,PERF,ITSC,FSGSBASE,TSC_ADJUST,SMEP,ERMS,MPX,RDSEED,SMAP,CLFLUSHOPT,PT,SHA,IBRS,IBPB,STIBP,SENSOR,ARAT,XSAVEOPT,XSAVEC,XGETBV1,XSAVES
                    cpu0: 2MB 64b/line 16-way L2 cache
                    cpu0: cannot disable silicon debug
                    cpu0: apic clock running at 25MHz
                    cpu0: mwait min=64, max=64, C-substates=0.2.0.2, IBE
                    cpu at mainbus0: not configured
                    cpu at mainbus0: not configured
                    cpu at mainbus0: not configured
                    ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 2 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins, remapped
                    acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
                    acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP01)
                    acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP02)
                    acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP03)
                    acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP04)
                    acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus 2 (RP05)
                    acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP06)
                    acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus 3 (RP07)
                    acpiprt8 at acpi0: bus 4 (RP08)
                    acpicpu at acpi0 not configured
                    "PNP0C0C" at acpi0 not configured
                    "PNP0A08" at acpi0 not configured
                    "PNP0003" at acpi0 not configured
                    acpicmos0 at acpi0
                    "INTC3000" at acpi0 not configured
                    "BOOT0000" at acpi0 not configured
                    pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0
                    pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel C3000 Host" rev 0x11
                    pchb1 at pci0 dev 4 function 0 "Intel C3000 GLREG" rev 0x11
                    "Intel C3000 RCEC" rev 0x11 at pci0 dev 5 function 0 not configured
                    ppb0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 "Intel C3000 PCIE" rev 0x11
                    pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
                    "Intel C3000 QAT" rev 0x11 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 not configured
                    ppb1 at pci0 dev 14 function 0 "Intel C3000 PCIE" rev 0x11
                    pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
                    ppb2 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 "Intel C3000 PCIE" rev 0x11
                    pci3 at ppb2 bus 3
                    ppb3 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 "Intel C3000 PCIE" rev 0x11
                    pci4 at ppb3 bus 4
                    "Intel C3000 SMBus" rev 0x11 at pci0 dev 18 function 0 not configured
                    ahci0 at pci0 dev 20 function 0 "Intel C3000 AHCI" rev 0x11: msi, AHCI 1.3.1
                    scsibus0 at ahci0: 32 targets
                    xhci0 at pci0 dev 21 function 0 "Intel C3000 xHCI" rev 0x11: msi, xHCI 1.0
                    usb0 at xhci0: USB revision 3.0
                    uhub0 at usb0 configuration 1 interface 0 "Intel xHCI root hub" rev 3.00/1.00 addr 1
                    ppb4 at pci0 dev 22 function 0 "Intel C3000 PCIE" rev 0x11
                    pci5 at ppb4 bus 5
                    ix0 at pci5 dev 0 function 0 "Intel X553 SFP+" rev 0x11: msi, address XX
                    ix1 at pci5 dev 0 function 1 "Intel X553 SFP+" rev 0x11: msi, address XX
                    ppb5 at pci0 dev 23 function 0 "Intel C3000 PCIE" rev 0x11
                    pci6 at ppb5 bus 6
                    ix2 at pci6 dev 0 function 0 "Intel X553 Backplane" rev 0x11: msi, address XX
                    ix3 at pci6 dev 0 function 1 "Intel X553 Backplane" rev 0x11: msi, address XX
                    "Intel C3000 ME HECI" rev 0x11 at pci0 dev 24 function 0 not configured
                    sdhc0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel C3000 eMMC" rev 0x11: apic 2 int 16
                    sdhc0: SDHC 3.0, 200 MHz base clock
                    sdmmc0 at sdhc0: 8-bit, sd high-speed, mmc high-speed, dma
                    "Intel C3000 LPC" rev 0x11 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 not configured
                    "Intel C3000 PMC" rev 0x11 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 not configured
                    "Intel C3000 SMBus" rev 0x11 at pci0 dev 31 function 4 not configured
                    "Intel C3000 SPI" rev 0x11 at pci0 dev 31 function 5 not configured
                    isa0 at mainbus0
                    com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
                    com0: console
                    com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
                    sdmmc0: can't enable card
                    softraid0 at root
                    scsibus1 at softraid0: 256 targets
                    PXE boot MAC address 0XXXX, interface ix2
                    root on rd0a swap on rd0b dump on rd0b
                    WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!
                    erase ^?, werase
                    
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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Nope seems to hang just at that point when it's writing out the install menu. Booting verbose is also no help. Google is failing me. Seems surprising no one else has hit this on other devices...

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                      • F
                        float
                        last edited by

                        I tried to install with 6.7-current but still the same issue. Could it be that some hardware is not supported by OpenBSD?

                        >> OpenBSD/amd64 PXEBOOT 3.52
                        boot> stty com0 115200
                        boot> set tty com0
                        switching console to com0
                                                 >> OpenBSD/amd64 PXEBOOT 3.52
                        boot> bsd.rd
                        cannot open tftp:/etc/random.seed: No such file or directory
                        booting tftp:bsd.rd: 3826381+1573888+3882216+0+757760 [324033+128+468408+313269]=0xaa33b8
                        entry point at 0xffffffff81001000
                                                         Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
                                The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
                        Copyright (c) 1995-2020 OpenBSD. All rights reserved.  https://www.OpenBSD.org
                        
                        OpenBSD 6.7-current (RAMDISK_CD) #27: Sat Aug 15 10:19:27 MDT 2020
                            deraadt@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/RAMDISK_CD
                        real mem = 8562393088 (8165MB)
                        avail mem = 8298868736 (7914MB)
                        random: good seed from bootblocks
                        mainbus0 at root
                        bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.7 @ 0x7f6d7020 (7 entries)
                        bios0: vendor coreboot version "ADI_PLCC-01.00.00.11" date 01/08/2019
                        bios0: Silicom, Ltd. 80300-0134-g01
                        acpi0 at bios0: ACPI 3.0
                        acpi0: tables DSDT FACP SSDT MCFG TCPA APIC DMAR
                        acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
                        cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 4 (boot processor)
                        cpu0: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU C3558 @ 2.20GHz, 2195.40 MHz, 06-5f-01
                        cpu0: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,SDBG,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,RDRAND,NXE,PAGE1GB,RDTSCP,LONG,LAHF,3DNOWP,PERF,ITSC,FSGSBASE,TSC_ADJUST,SMEP,ERMS,MPX,RDSEED,SMAP,CLFLUSHOPT,PT,SHA,IBRS,IBPB,STIBP,SENSOR,ARAT,XSAVEOPT,XSAVEC,XGETBV1,XSAVES
                        cpu0: 2MB 64b/line 16-way L2 cache
                        cpu0: cannot disable silicon debug
                        cpu0: apic clock running at 25MHz
                        cpu0: mwait min=64, max=64, C-substates=0.2.0.2, IBE
                        cpu at mainbus0: not configured
                        cpu at mainbus0: not configured
                        cpu at mainbus0: not configured
                        ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 2 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins, remapped
                        acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
                        acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP01)
                        acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP02)
                        acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP03)
                        acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP04)
                        acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus 2 (RP05)
                        acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP06)
                        acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus 3 (RP07)
                        acpiprt8 at acpi0: bus 4 (RP08)
                        acpicpu at acpi0 not configured
                        "PNP0C0C" at acpi0 not configured
                        acpipci0 at acpi0 PCI0: 0x00000000 0x00000011 0x00000001
                        "PNP0003" at acpi0 not configured
                        acpicmos0 at acpi0
                        "INTC3000" at acpi0 not configured
                        "BOOT0000" at acpi0 not configured
                        pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0
                        pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel C3000 Host" rev 0x11
                        pchb1 at pci0 dev 4 function 0 "Intel C3000 GLREG" rev 0x11
                        "Intel C3000 RCEC" rev 0x11 at pci0 dev 5 function 0 not configured
                        ppb0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 "Intel C3000 PCIE" rev 0x11
                        pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
                        "Intel C3000 QAT" rev 0x11 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 not configured
                        ppb1 at pci0 dev 14 function 0 "Intel C3000 PCIE" rev 0x11
                        pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
                        ppb2 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 "Intel C3000 PCIE" rev 0x11
                        pci3 at ppb2 bus 3
                        ppb3 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 "Intel C3000 PCIE" rev 0x11
                        pci4 at ppb3 bus 4
                        "Intel C3000 SMBus" rev 0x11 at pci0 dev 18 function 0 not configured
                        ahci0 at pci0 dev 20 function 0 "Intel C3000 AHCI" rev 0x11: msi, AHCI 1.3.1
                        scsibus0 at ahci0: 32 targets
                        xhci0 at pci0 dev 21 function 0 "Intel C3000 xHCI" rev 0x11: msi, xHCI 1.0
                        usb0 at xhci0: USB revision 3.0
                        uhub0 at usb0 configuration 1 interface 0 "Intel xHCI root hub" rev 3.00/1.00 addr 1
                        ppb4 at pci0 dev 22 function 0 "Intel C3000 PCIE" rev 0x11
                        pci5 at ppb4 bus 5
                        ix0 at pci5 dev 0 function 0 "Intel X553 SFP+" rev 0x11, msix, 1 queue, address xx
                        ix1 at pci5 dev 0 function 1 "Intel X553 SFP+" rev 0x11, msix, 1 queue, address xx
                        ppb5 at pci0 dev 23 function 0 "Intel C3000 PCIE" rev 0x11
                        pci6 at ppb5 bus 6
                        ix2 at pci6 dev 0 function 0 "Intel X553 Backplane" rev 0x11, msix, 1 queue, address xx
                        ix3 at pci6 dev 0 function 1 "Intel X553 Backplane" rev 0x11, msix, 1 queue, address xx
                        "Intel C3000 ME HECI" rev 0x11 at pci0 dev 24 function 0 not configured
                        sdhc0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel C3000 eMMC" rev 0x11: apic 2 int 16
                        sdhc0: SDHC 3.0, 200 MHz base clock
                        sdmmc0 at sdhc0: 8-bit, sd high-speed, mmc high-speed, ddr52, dma
                        "Intel C3000 LPC" rev 0x11 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 not configured
                        "Intel C3000 PMC" rev 0x11 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 not configured
                        "Intel C3000 SMBus" rev 0x11 at pci0 dev 31 function 4 not configured
                        "Intel C3000 SPI" rev 0x11 at pci0 dev 31 function 5 not configured
                        isa0 at mainbus0
                        com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
                        com0: console
                        com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
                        umass0 at uhub0 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Sony Storage Media" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 2
                        umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only
                        scsibus1 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0
                        sd0 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 0: <Sony, Storage Media, 0100> removable serial.054c0439008123001204
                        sd0: 7740MB, 512 bytes/sector, 15851520 sectors
                        sdmmc0: can't enable card
                        softraid0 at root
                        scsibus2 at softraid0: 256 targets
                        PXE boot MAC address xx, interface ix2
                        root on rd0a swap on rd0b dump on rd0b
                        erase ^?, werase
                        
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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          For some reason the installer is hanging at that point. I have no idea why. It seems to be uncommon, I can find no other similar reports.

                          Using OpenBSD on the XG-7100 is going to be pretty restricted anyway even you do get it installed. You would only be able to use the SFP ports or anything in the expansion slot.

                          Steve

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                            float
                            last edited by

                            I also tried to install Freebsd 12.1 via the serial console. That worked like a charm after doing "set kern.vty=sc" :-)

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              Yes, I would expect it to. It's odd that the OpenBSD installer freezes at that point. If there were some reason for it I would expect to see a load of similar reports on other hardware.

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                                float
                                last edited by

                                Could you help me out on how to configure Marvell 88E6190? I only see ix0 ix1 ix2 ix3. They don't detect any UTP-cable.

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                  last edited by

                                  In OpenBSD? I have no idea if the switch framework even exists there TBH.

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                                    float
                                    last edited by

                                    Sorry about the confusion. I was talking about FreeBSD. I gave up on OpenBSD :-)
                                    I will look in the image of the XG-7100. If I understand it correctly. I have to link the switch ports to the "behind the scene" ports.

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by

                                      Yes, but the pfSense image for the XG-7100 has a number of modifications to allow that to happen.
                                      Is there some reason you cannot just use the factory image here?

                                      Steve

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                                        float
                                        last edited by

                                        No, I'm just trying to learn about the system and how it works.

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

                                          Ah, OK. The internal layout is described here:
                                          https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/xg-7100-1u/switch-overview.html

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