Fuel hinv

Never published my Fuel hinv. I don't have finished the upgrades/updates but here you are what I have now:
UPDATED 2010-03-02

fuel# hinv -mv
Location: /hw/module/001c01/node
IP34 Board: barcode MSM061 part 030-1707-003 rev -H
Location: /hw/module/001c01/node/cpubus/0
IP34PIMM Board: barcode MSX243 part 030-1836-001 rev -C
Location: /hw/module/001c01/Ibrick/xtalk/13
ASTODYV10 Board: barcode MSX356 part 030-1826-001 rev -B
Location: /hw/module/001c01/Ibrick/xtalk/14
IP34 Board: barcode MSM061 part 030-1707-003 rev -H
Location: /hw/module/001c01/Ibrick/xtalk/15
IP34 Board: barcode MSM061 part 030-1707-003 rev -H
1 600 MHZ IP35 Processor
CPU: MIPS R14000 Processor Chip Revision: 2.4
FPU: MIPS R14010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 2.4
CPU 0 at Module 001c01/Slot 0/Slice A: 600 Mhz MIPS R14000 Processor Chip (enabled)
Processor revision: 2.4. Scache: Size 4 MB Speed 300 Mhz Tap 0xa
Main memory size: 1024 Mbytes
Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes
Data cache size: 32 Kbytes
Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 4 Mbytes
Memory at Module 001c01/Slot 0: 1024 MB (enabled)
Bank 0 contains 256 MB (Standard) DIMMS (enabled)
Bank 1 contains 256 MB (Standard) DIMMS (enabled)
Bank 2 contains 256 MB (Standard) DIMMS (enabled)
Bank 3 contains 256 MB (Standard) DIMMS (enabled)
Integral SCSI controller 2: Version IEEE1394 SBP2
Integral SCSI controller 0: Version QL12160, low voltage differential
Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 1)
Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 2)
Integral SCSI controller 1: Version QL12160, low voltage differential
IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty1
IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty2
IOC3 parallel port: plp1
Graphics board: V10
Gigabit Ethernet: tg1, module 001c01, PCI bus 2 slot 1
Integral Fast Ethernet: ef0, version 1, module 001c01, pci 4
Iris Audio Processor: version EMU revision A4, number 2
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x14e4, device 0x1645) PCI slot 1
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x1077, device 0x1216) PCI slot 1
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x1102, device 0x0004) PCI slot 2
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x1102, device 0x7003) PCI slot 2
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x1102, device 0x4001) PCI slot 2
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x104c, device 0x8024) PCI slot 3
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x10a9, device 0x0003) PCI slot 4
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x11c1, device 0x5802) PCI slot 5
HUB in Module 001c01/Slot 0: Revision 2 Speed 200.00 Mhz (enabled)
IP35prom in Module 001c01/Slot n0: Revision 6.210
DMediaPro DM10 FW option: unit 0, revision 1.1.0
USB controller: type OHCI
USB Human Interface Device: device id 0 type tablet

CentOS 4 Kernel for Gen V Cobalt servers

Yesterday I installed Strongbolt in a RaQ 550 server, with the idea of compile de kernel for Gen V Cobalt servers. What fast is the 550 compared with the RaQ 4!!! It compiled the kernel and modules in a few minutes!

Yesterday I finished the rpm package of the Gen III version and if I have enough time, I will have Gen V packaged in rpm format tomorrow with the BlueQuartz package scripts.

Remember: this kernel is 2.6.9-89.0.18 and yesterday CenOS.org released 2.6.9-89.0.19 but only has modifications in two network drivers not needed for Cobalt machines.

Here you can see a picture of the system configuration:

SGI Fuel Firewire and other things

Today arrived (finally!!!) an Adaptec FW4300B, the red printed board one that works on SGI IP35 systems. By the way I decided to move the PCI cards I had installed to make the system more accessible: the Audigy 2 ZS card in the top PCI slot, the firewire card next and below the Gigabit Ethernet card.

This was the easy part but when I powered up the machine I just got automatic reboots. I was able to go into the maintenance mode and everything seemed good. The PROM shell console has commands to disable PCI slots but I don't know how to run the disable command: always getting an error with the modules identifier MODID.

Finally a decided to take out all the cards and boot. Once logged as root I reconfigured the kernel with autoconfig:

# autoconfig -vf
# reboot

After the first reboot I installed the sound card (powering off before, of course) and it started to work. During boot I had some error messages about the TG1 Ethernet card, although that card was not installed.

After a new power off the new firewire card (IEEE-1394) was on the next PCI slot. It also worked fine. And the last was to install the gigabit ethernet card. During boot I had a lot of error messages of IRIX (after PROM check) and then, the machine halted itself with red light bar. PROM hinv showed everything OK.

Remembering the fault messages of the TG1 card before it was reinstalled I decided to take it out, power on the Fuel and check for configuration files. I checked all inet an net configuration files without luck but, after a search at the web, I modified the /etc/ioconfig.conf file. Inside it there was a line that showed the 3Com card configured in the PCI slot 2. Deleted this line and a new autoconfig was done... Shutdown for one more time.

Then the system booted OK: just a warning message telling me that the two network cards had the same subnet. Reconfigure that in the System Manager and all was done!!!!! Woufff!!!!! How difficult is an Unix system than a Windows workstation!!!!!!

At the same time I installed a brand new Seagate 15K.5 hard disk, but this is my next job... Here you can see the aspect of the back panel with all three cards:

My touchpad works!!!!

From a long time I have to use an external mouse with my Acer laptop because when I reinstalled the OS for the first time, the touchpad stopped working. I that time all my search in the web returned a lot of people with the same problem but never a solution.
Today I did a new search (I don't know why) but I found a forum post where a guy tells a simple-easy-stupid solution: "Press Fn+F7 to reactivate the touchpad..." When I arrived home I tested and... voilà: it just works. I never used the special buttons of the keyboard and I don't have a good manual of the laptop (well, it comes without, just files in the hard disk).
Seems that these are working without the Acer shit drivers and in linux systems also: I will try soon in Solaris.