Andrew Beresford's Blog

It’s Christmas! I went out last night to meet up with some people in Holmfirth, bumped into Nick, Johnny K and Harry on the way down to the Nook. Had a few drinks in the Nook and then moved on to the Picturedrome. The Picturedrome was pretty busy and someone at the bar was trying to encourage me to part with 50p for a kiss. Sarah invited me to come back ice the Christmas cake, which would have worked really well if we actually knew how to make Christmas cake icing. Unfortunately, we didn’t… so the Wood family christmas cake is a unique design (with a “glistening” quality according to Chris Buddle!). I hope they enjoyed it. Got home at 3 this morning and got snowed on whilst walking home.. which made it a White Christmas. Got up this morning with a dusting of snow everywhere and it’s snowed for most of the rest of the day. Got a nice selection of useful house things now, Microwave, Toaster, Kettle, etc.

This weekend it seemed there was a shocking lack of Saturday night enthusiasm. Since I’d been away for a few months London had closed down into a depressed ‘staying in on Saturday night’ state. The streets were empty. Tumbleweed blew across Leicester square. Big Ben’s bell chimed, but no-one was there to hear it. Realising I had left the city to fester for too long, I knew what I had to do…

I stepped out of my house and took a breath of cold London winter air. As I did so, the pissed tramp living in the park across the street started screaming with delight. “Harry! Harry’s going out tonight!”. Someone else whipped out a mobile and started calling people frantically. People saw me as I walked to the tube station, and as I reached it, the streets were packed with party people dressed for a Saturday night out. By the time I reached Picaddilly Circus, the Christmas lights had been turned back on, and every bar and pub was full with happy party goers; music and people spilling out into the street. The city’s fire had been re-kindled.

I resolved never to deprive the people of London of my presence for such a long time again. Especially that nice brazilian woman I met on the dancefloor.

Well, I finally got Gold, my “borrowed” E4500 running last night. 14 CPUS and 4.5GB of RAM. It has two dodgy memory banks which it has disabled, but that still leaves it with 4.3GB.

Here’s some of the output it churns out as it turns on…

{0} ok boot /sbus@3,0/SUNW,fas@3,8800000/sd@9,0
Boot device: /sbus@3,0/SUNW,fas@3,8800000/sd@9,0  File and args:
SILO Version 1.4.8
boot:
Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel
Uncompressing image...
Loaded kernel version 2.4.27
Loading initial ramdisk (3391488 bytes at 0xC00000 phys, 0x40C00000 virt)...

\
Remapping the kernel... done.
Booting Linux...
Starting CPU 1... OK
Starting CPU 4... OK
Starting CPU 5... OK
Starting CPU 6... OK
Starting CPU 7... OK
Starting CPU 8... OK
Starting CPU 9... OK
Starting CPU 10... OK
Starting CPU 11... OK
Starting CPU 12... OK
Starting CPU 13... OK
Starting CPU 14... OK
Starting CPU 15... OK
PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 3.2.28 2000/12/20 12:24
Linux version 2.4.27-1-sparc64-smp (joshk@fortissimo.triplehelix.org) (gcc vers4ARCH: SUN4U
Ethernet address: 08:00:20:93:5b:a3
On node 0 totalpages: 587863
zone(0): 589445 pages.
zone(1): 0 pages.
zone(2): 0 pages.
Found CPU 0 (node=f0070074,mid=0)
Found CPU 1 (node=f0070434,mid=1)
Found CPU 2 (node=f0150054,mid=4)
Found CPU 3 (node=f0150414,mid=5)
Found CPU 4 (node=f01c0050,mid=6)
Found CPU 5 (node=f01c0410,mid=7)
Found CPU 6 (node=f0230050,mid=8)
Found CPU 7 (node=f0230410,mid=9)
Found CPU 8 (node=f02a0050,mid=10)
Found CPU 9 (node=f02a0410,mid=11)
Found CPU 10 (node=f0310054,mid=12)
Found CPU 11 (node=f0310414,mid=13)
Found CPU 12 (node=f0380050,mid=14)
Found CPU 13 (node=f0380410,mid=15)
Found 14 CPU prom device tree node(s).
CENTRAL: Detected 8 slot Enterprise system. cfreg[a8] cver[7c]
FHC(board 1): Version[1] PartID[fa0] Manuf[3e] (CENTRAL)
FHC(board 0): Version[1] PartID[fa0] Manuf[3e] (JTAG Master)
FHC(board 2): Version[1] PartID[fa0] Manuf[3e]
FHC(board 3): Version[1] PartID[fa0] Manuf[3e]
FHC(board 4): Version[1] PartID[fa0] Manuf[3e]
FHC(board 5): Version[1] PartID[fa0] Manuf[3e]
FHC(board 6): Version[1] PartID[fa0] Manuf[3e]
FHC(board 7): Version[1] PartID[fa0] Manuf[3e]
FHC(board 1): Version[1] PartID[fa0] Manuf[3e]
Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda2 ro
Calibrating delay loop... 671.74 BogoMIPS
Memory: 4647480k available (2008k kernel code, 304k data, 168k init) [fffff8000]Dentry cache hash table entries: 262144 (order: 9, 4194304 bytes)
Inode cache hash table entries: 262144 (order: 9, 4194304 bytes)
Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 8192 bytes)
Buffer cache hash table entries: 524288 (order: 9, 4194304 bytes)
Page-cache hash table entries: 524288 (order: 9, 4194304 bytes)
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
Entering UltraSMPenguin Mode...
Calibrating delay loop... 671.74 BogoMIPS
Calibrating delay loop... 671.74 BogoMIPS
Calibrating delay loop... 671.74 BogoMIPS
Calibrating delay loop... 671.74 BogoMIPS
Calibrating delay loop... 671.74 BogoMIPS
Calibrating delay loop... 671.74 BogoMIPS
Calibrating delay loop... 671.74 BogoMIPS
Calibrating delay loop... 671.74 BogoMIPS
Calibrating delay loop... 671.74 BogoMIPS
Calibrating delay loop... 671.74 BogoMIPS
Calibrating delay loop... 671.74 BogoMIPS
Calibrating delay loop... 671.74 BogoMIPS
Calibrating delay loop... 671.74 BogoMIPS
Total of 14 processors activated (9404.41 BogoMIPS).
CPU 1: synchronized TICK with master CPU (last diff -9 cycles,maxerr 676 cycles)CPU 4: synchronized TICK with master CPU (last diff -14 cycles,maxerr 692 cycle)CPU 5: synchronized TICK with master CPU (last diff -13 cycles,maxerr 692 cycle)CPU 6: synchronized TICK with master CPU (last diff -13 cycles,maxerr 692 cycle)CPU 7: synchronized TICK with master CPU (last diff -12 cycles,maxerr 692 cycle)CPU 8: synchronized TICK with master CPU (last diff -10 cycles,maxerr 690 cycle)CPU 9: synchronized TICK with master CPU (last diff -13 cycles,maxerr 692 cycle)CPU 10: synchronized TICK with master CPU (last diff -13 cycles,maxerr 692 cycl)CPU 11: synchronized TICK with master CPU (last diff -12 cycles,maxerr 692 cycl)CPU 12: synchronized TICK with master CPU (last diff -14 cycles,maxerr 692 cycl)CPU 13: synchronized TICK with master CPU (last diff -13 cycles,maxerr 692 cycl)CPU 14: synchronized TICK with master CPU (last diff -14 cycles,maxerr 692 cycl)CPU 15: synchronized TICK with master CPU (last diff -13 cycles,maxerr 692 cycl)Waiting on wait_init_idle (map = 0xfff2)
All processors have done init_idle
PCI: Probing for controllers.
SYSIO: UPA portID 2, at 000001c400000000
sbus0: Clock 25.0 MHz
dma0: HME DVMA gate array
SYSIO: UPA portID 3, at 000001c600000000
sbus1: Clock 25.0 MHz
dma1: HME DVMA gate array
Sparc Zilog8530 serial driver version 1.68.2.2
Sun Mouse-Systems mouse driver version 1.00
tty00 at 0xf8902004 (irq = 12,b9) is a Zilog8530
tty01 at 0xf8902000 (irq = 12,b9) is a Zilog8530
tty02 at 0xf8904004 (irq = 12,b9) is a Zilog8530
tty03 at 0xf8904000 (irq = 12,b9) is a Zilog8530
keyboard: not present
Console: ttyS0 (Zilog8530)
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Initializing RT netlink socket
Starting kswapd
VFS: Disk quotas vdquot_6.5.1
devfs: v1.12c (20020818) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
devfs: boot_options: 0x0
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
rtc_init: no PC rtc found
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 8192K size 1024 blocksize
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4
ide: Assuming 50MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
usb.c: registered new driver hub
usb.c: registered new driver usbmouse
usbmouse.c: v1.6:USB HID Boot Protocol mouse driver
usb.c: registered new driver usbkbd
usbkbd.c: :USB HID Boot Protocol keyboard driver
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
Initializing Cryptographic API
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP: routing cache hash table of 65536 buckets, 1024Kbytes
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 262144 bind 65536)
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
RAMDISK: cramfs filesystem found at block 0
RAMDISK: Loading 3312 blocks [1 disk] into ram disk... done.
Freeing initrd memory: 3312k freed
VFS: Mounted root (cramfs filesystem).
Unimplemented SPARC system call 188
Unimplemented SPARC system call 188
Unimplemented SPARC system call 188
Unimplemented SPARC system call 188
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Unimplemented SPARC system call 188
SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
esp0: IRQ 7,8b SCSI ID 7 Clk 40MHz CCYC=25000 CCF=8 TOut 167 NCR53C9XF(espfast)
esp1: IRQ 7,db SCSI ID 7 Clk 40MHz CCYC=25000 CCF=8 TOut 167 NCR53C9XF(espfast)
ESP: Total of 2 ESP hosts found, 2 actually in use.
scsi0 : Sparc ESP366-HME
scsi1 : Sparc ESP366-HME
  Vendor: HP        Model: C1537A            Rev: L610
  Type:   Sequential-Access                  ANSI SCSI revision: 02
  Vendor: TOSHIBA   Model: XM6201TASUN32XCD  Rev: 1103
  Type:   CD-ROM                             ANSI SCSI revision: 02
  Vendor: SEAGATE   Model: ST336605LSUN36G   Rev: 0238
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 03
  Vendor: FUJITSU   Model: MAJ3364M SUN36G   Rev: 0503
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
  Vendor: FUJITSU   Model: MAJ3364M SUN36G   Rev: 0503
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
  Vendor: SEAGATE   Model: ST336605LSUN36G   Rev: 0238
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 03
  Vendor: FUJITSU   Model: MAJ3364M SUN36G   Rev: 0503
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
  Vendor: FUJITSU   Model: MAJ3364M SUN36G   Rev: 0503
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Attached scsi disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 9, lun 0
Attached scsi disk sdb at scsi1, channel 0, id 10, lun 0
Attached scsi disk sdc at scsi1, channel 0, id 11, lun 0
Attached scsi disk sdd at scsi1, channel 0, id 12, lun 0
Attached scsi disk sde at scsi1, channel 0, id 13, lun 0
Attached scsi disk sdf at scsi1, channel 0, id 14, lun 0
esp1: target 9 [period 100ns offset 15 20.00MHz FAST-WIDE SCSI-II]
SCSI device sda: 71132959 512-byte hdwr sectors (36420 MB)
Partition check:
 /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target9/lun0: p1 p2 p3 p4
esp1: target 10 [period 100ns offset 15 20.00MHz FAST-WIDE SCSI-II]
SCSI device sdb: 71132959 512-byte hdwr sectors (36420 MB)
 /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target10/lun0: p1
esp1: target 11 [period 100ns offset 15 20.00MHz FAST-WIDE SCSI-II]
SCSI device sdc: 71132959 512-byte hdwr sectors (36420 MB)
 /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target11/lun0: p1
esp1: target 12 [period 100ns offset 15 20.00MHz FAST-WIDE SCSI-II]
SCSI device sdd: 71132959 512-byte hdwr sectors (36420 MB)
 /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target12/lun0:Dev sd(8,48) Sun disklabel: Csum bad, labeld unknown partition table
esp1: target 13 [period 100ns offset 15 20.00MHz FAST-WIDE SCSI-II]
SCSI device sde: 71132959 512-byte hdwr sectors (36420 MB)
 /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target13/lun0: p1
esp1: target 14 [period 100ns offset 15 20.00MHz FAST-WIDE SCSI-II]
SCSI device sdf: 71132959 512-byte hdwr sectors (36420 MB)
 /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target14/lun0: p1
Journalled Block Device driver loaded
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
INIT: version 2.86 booting

As promised, here are the Switzerland photos.