Following is an e-mail from Al Conrad which describes various induced failures and the output produced. This should prove useful in diagnosing failures of the NIRC test station.

From aconrad Wed Jul  2 16:20:05 1997
To: jp@ssl.berkeley.edu, lipman@isi9.ssl.berkeley.edu,
        pjb@hypercam.ssl.berkeley.edu, wishnow@hypercam.ssl.berkeley.edu
Subject: boot tests on kaimu/taz
Cc: aconrad, jchock, randyc


I ran 8 boot tests using kaimu/taz

    boot1 - normal boot
    
    boot2 - pulled taz cable from hub
    
    boot3 - pulled kaimu cable from hub
    
    boot4 - killed the rarpd hme0 daemon
    
    boot5 - killed the other four rarpd
    
    boot6 - type "boot" at ok prompt instead of "boot hme"
    
    boot7 - mv /etc/ethers /etc/ethers.bak --- booted fine
    
    boot8 - mv /etc/ethers /etc/ethers.bak and restart rarpd --- booted fine

The screen dumps are appended below.  Some highlights:

     1. Of these, the only boot that duplicates the error message seen
        at Berkeley was boot6 (typing "boot" instead of "boot hme").
        It gives this four line message at 1Hz:

         Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet
         Lost Carrier  (transceiver cable problem?)  
         Cable problem or twisted pair hub link-test disabled.
         Use the PROM command "help ethernet" for more information.


     2. boot2 (crate side pulled from hub) gives this two line message
        at 1Hz:

          Timeout reading Link status. Check cable and try again. 
          Timeout waiting for AutoNegotiation Status to be updated. 

     3. boot3 (kaimu cable pulled) and boot5 (no rarpd on kaimu) give this
        one line message at 1Hz:

          Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet

     4. note that although all three, boot3, boot5, and boot6 give the
        one line message

          Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet

        only boot6 gives the additional 3 line message

         Lost Carrier  (transceiver cable problem?)  
         Cable problem or twisted pair hub link-test disabled.
         Use the PROM command "help ethernet" for more information.

     5. I don't think boot4, boot7, or boot8 are relevant, but I include
        them for the hell of it.

     6. Jon tells me that the only explanation for why we have to type
        "boot hme" and you don't is that the non-volatile RAM (EEPROM)
        on lwc1 can be configured this way.

     7. There are other EEPROM settings that Jon (on taz) and Everett
        (on lwc1) had to make to get 100baseT to work.  Everett sent
        these to me.  I will dig them up and send them in a successive
        mail (these are covered on pages 4-13 and 4-14 in the manual
        that came with the board "SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation
        and User's Guide").

     8. as per #7 above, swapping the force board won't work until the eeprom
        settings are changed on the new board.

Hope this helps,

Al

---------- boot1 - normal boot ------------------------------------------
Type  help  for more information
ok boot hme
Resetting ... 
initializing TLB
initializing cache
 
Allocating SRMMU Context Table 
Setting SRMMU Context Register
Setting SRMMU Context Table Pointer Register
Allocating SRMMU Level 1 Table
Mapping RAM
Mapping ROM
 
ttya initialized
Probing Memory Bank #0 8 Megabytes
Probing Memory Bank #1 8 Megabytes
Probing Memory Bank #2 Nothing there
Probing Memory Bank #3 Nothing there
Probing Memory Bank #4 Nothing there
Probing Memory Bank #5 Nothing there
Probing Memory Bank #6 Nothing there
Probing Memory Bank #7 Nothing there
Probing CPU FMI,MB86904 
VMEbus Interface Test
  Slave Base Register test ... passed.
  Control Register test ... passed.
  S4 Slave Map Register ... passed.
  S4 Mailbox Register ... passed.
  S4 Mailbox Interrupt Level Register ... passed.
 
Performing system configuration (Watchdog Timer, Abort Switch, etc) ... done!
Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 5,0  espdma esp sd st SUNW,bpp ledma le 
Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 1,0  Nothing there
Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 2,0  SUNW,hme 
Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 3,0  BCE,SBusDSP 
screen not found.
Can't open input device.
Keyboard not present.  Using tty for input and output.
SPARC CPU-5CE, No Keyboard
ROM Rev. 2.15.1, 16 MB memory installed, Serial #9138410.
Ethernet address 0:80:42:b:0:ea, Host ID: 808b70ea.
 
 
 
Initialising VMEbus device ... clearing SYSFAIL* signal ... done!     
Rebooting with command: hme
Boot device: /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000/hme@2,8c00000  File and args: 
Using Onboard Transceiver - Link Up. 
1d400 
Server IP address: 192.168.2.100 
Client IP address: 192.168.2.101 
Using Onboard Transceiver - Link Up. 
Using Onboard Transceiver - Link Up. 
Using IP Address 192.168.2.101 = C0A80265
hostname: tazp
domainname: yp2.keck.hawaii.edu
server name 'kaimup'
root pathname '/export/root/tazp'
root on kaimup:/export/root/tazp fstype nfs
Boot: vmunix
Size: 1318912.....  [i stopped it at this point]
    
---------- boot2 - pulled taz cable from hub ----------------------------
ok boot hme
Resetting ... 
initializing TLB
initializing cache
 
Allocating SRMMU Context Table 
Setting SRMMU Context Register
Setting SRMMU Context Table Pointer Register
Allocating SRMMU Level 1 Table
Mapping RAM
Mapping ROM
 
ttya initialized
Probing Memory Bank #0 8 Megabytes
Probing Memory Bank #1 8 Megabytes
Probing Memory Bank #2 Nothing there
Probing Memory Bank #3 Nothing there
Probing Memory Bank #4 Nothing there
Probing Memory Bank #5 Nothing there
Probing Memory Bank #6 Nothing there
Probing Memory Bank #7 Nothing there
Probing CPU FMI,MB86904 
VMEbus Interface Test
  Slave Base Register test ... passed.
  Control Register test ... passed.
  S4 Slave Map Register ... passed.
  S4 Mailbox Register ... passed.
  S4 Mailbox Interrupt Level Register ... passed.
 
Performing system configuration (Watchdog Timer, Abort Switch, etc) ... done!
Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 5,0  espdma esp sd st SUNW,bpp ledma le 
Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 1,0  Nothing there
Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 2,0  SUNW,hme 
Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 3,0  BCE,SBusDSP 
screen not found.
Can't open input device.
Keyboard not present.  Using tty for input and output.
SPARC CPU-5CE, No Keyboard
ROM Rev. 2.15.1, 16 MB memory installed, Serial #9138410.
Ethernet address 0:80:42:b:0:ea, Host ID: 808b70ea.
 
 
 
Initialising VMEbus device ... clearing SYSFAIL* signal ... done!     
Rebooting with command: hme
Boot device: /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000/hme@2,8c00000  File and args: 
Using Onboard Transceiver - Timeout waiting for AutoNegotiation Status to be updated. 
Timeout reading Link status. Check cable and try again. 
Timeout waiting for AutoNegotiation Status to be updated. 
Timeout reading Link status. Check cable and try again. 
Timeout waiting for AutoNegotiation Status to be updated. 
Timeout reading Link status. Check cable and try again. 
Timeout waiting for AutoNegotiation Status to be updated. 

<over and over at 1Hz>
    
---------- boot3 - pulled kaimu cable from hub --------------------------
ok boot hme
Boot device: /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000/hme@2,8c00000  File and args: 
Using Onboard Transceiver - Link Up. 
Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet
Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet
Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet
~
ok 
    
---------- boot4 - killed the rarpd hme0 daemon --------------------------
kaimu# ps auxw | grep rarp
root       119  0.0  0.0   48    0 ?  IW   Jun  9  0:00 rarpd hme0
root       120  0.0  0.0   24    0 ?  IW   Jun  9  0:00 rarpd hme0
root       122  0.0  0.0   48    0 ?  IW   Jun  9  0:00 rarpd -a
root       123  0.0  0.0   24    0 ?  IW   Jun  9  0:00 rarpd -a
root       124  0.0  0.0   48    0 ?  IW   Jun  9  0:00 rarpd -a
root       125  0.0  0.0   24    0 ?  IW   Jun  9  0:00 rarpd -a
root     20842  0.0  0.7   32  200 p5 S    15:28   0:00 grep rarp
kaimu# grep rarpd /etc/rc.local
#         added the next line in to force rarpd to look at the
        rarpd hme0;             echo -n ' rarpd hme0 '
        rarpd -a;               echo -n ' rarpd'
kaimu# kill -9 119
kaimu# !ps
ps auxw | grep rarp
root     20852  0.0  0.7   32  200 p5 S    15:29   0:00 grep rarp
root       122  0.0  0.0   48    0 ?  IW   Jun  9  0:00 rarpd -a
root       123  0.0  0.0   24    0 ?  IW   Jun  9  0:00 rarpd -a
root       124  0.0  0.0   48    0 ?  IW   Jun  9  0:00 rarpd -a
root       125  0.0  0.0   24    0 ?  IW   Jun  9  0:00 rarpd -a
kaimu# 

then it bootd up fine:

Performing system configuration (Watchdog Timer, Abort Switch, etc) ... done!
Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 5,0  espdma esp sd st SUNW,bpp ledma le 
Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 1,0  Nothing there
Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 2,0  SUNW,hme 
Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 3,0  BCE,SBusDSP 
screen not found.
Can't open input device.
Keyboard not present.  Using tty for input and output.
SPARC CPU-5CE, No Keyboard
ROM Rev. 2.15.1, 16 MB memory installed, Serial #9138410.
Ethernet address 0:80:42:b:0:ea, Host ID: 808b70ea.
 
 
 
Initialising VMEbus device ... clearing SYSFAIL* signal ... done!     
Rebooting with command: hme
Boot device: /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000/hme@2,8c00000  File and args: 
Using Onboard Transceiver - Link Up. 
1d400 
Server IP address: 192.168.2.100 
Client IP address: 192.168.2.101 
Using Onboard Transceiver - Link Up. 
Using Onboard Transceiver - Link Up. 
Using IP Address 192.168.2.101 = C0A80265
hostname: tazp
domainname: yp2.keck.hawaii.edu
server name 'kaimup'
root pathname '/export/root/tazp'
root on kaimup:/export/root/tazp fstype nfs
Boot: vmunix
Size: 1318912+426864+111136 bytes

    
----------- boot5 - killed the other four rarpd ---------------------------
kaimu# !ps
ps auxw | grep rarp
root     20852  0.0  0.7   32  200 p5 S    15:29   0:00 grep rarp
root       122  0.0  0.0   48    0 ?  IW   Jun  9  0:00 rarpd -a
root       123  0.0  0.0   24    0 ?  IW   Jun  9  0:00 rarpd -a
root       124  0.0  0.0   48    0 ?  IW   Jun  9  0:00 rarpd -a
root       125  0.0  0.0   24    0 ?  IW   Jun  9  0:00 rarpd -a
kaimu# kill -9 122
kaimu# !ps
ps auxw | grep rarp
root     20932  0.0  0.7   32  200 p5 S    15:31   0:00 grep rarp
root       124  0.0  0.0   48    0 ?  IW   Jun  9  0:00 rarpd -a
root       125  0.0  0.0   24    0 ?  IW   Jun  9  0:00 rarpd -a
kaimu# kill -9 124
kaimu# !ps
ps auxw | grep rarp
root     20936  0.0  0.7   32  200 p5 S    15:31   0:00 grep rarp
kaimu# 


boot timed out with:

ok boot hme
Resetting ... 
initializing TLB
initializing cache
 
Allocating SRMMU Context Table 
Setting SRMMU Context Register
Setting SRMMU Context Table Pointer Register
Allocating SRMMU Level 1 Table
Mapping RAM
Mapping ROM
 
ttya initialized
Probing Memory Bank #0 8 Megabytes
Probing Memory Bank #1 8 Megabytes
Probing Memory Bank #2 Nothing there
Probing Memory Bank #3 Nothing there
Probing Memory Bank #4 Nothing there
Probing Memory Bank #5 Nothing there
Probing Memory Bank #6 Nothing there
Probing Memory Bank #7 Nothing there
Probing CPU FMI,MB86904 
VMEbus Interface Test
  Slave Base Register test ... passed.
  Control Register test ... passed.
  S4 Slave Map Register ... passed.
  S4 Mailbox Register ... passed.
  S4 Mailbox Interrupt Level Register ... passed.
 
Performing system configuration (Watchdog Timer, Abort Switch, etc) ... done!
Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 5,0  espdma esp sd st SUNW,bpp ledma le 
Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 1,0  Nothing there
Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 2,0  SUNW,hme 
Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 3,0  BCE,SBusDSP 
screen not found.
Can't open input device.
Keyboard not present.  Using tty for input and output.
SPARC CPU-5CE, No Keyboard
ROM Rev. 2.15.1, 16 MB memory installed, Serial #9138410.
Ethernet address 0:80:42:b:0:ea, Host ID: 808b70ea.
 
 
 
Initialising VMEbus device ... clearing SYSFAIL* signal ... done!     
Rebooting with command: hme
Boot device: /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000/hme@2,8c00000  File and args: 
Using Onboard Transceiver - Link Up. 
Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet
Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet
Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet

<every second over and over>
    
---------- boot6 - type "boot" at ok prompt instead of "boot hme" --------
ok boot
Resetting ... 
initializing TLB
initializing cache
 
Allocating SRMMU Context Table 
Setting SRMMU Context Register
Setting SRMMU Context Table Pointer Register
Allocating SRMMU Level 1 Table
Mapping RAM
Mapping ROM
 
ttya initialized
Probing Memory Bank #0 8 Megabytes
Probing Memory Bank #1 8 Megabytes
Probing Memory Bank #2 Nothing there
Probing Memory Bank #3 Nothing there
Probing Memory Bank #4 Nothing there
Probing Memory Bank #5 Nothing there
Probing Memory Bank #6 Nothing there
Probing Memory Bank #7 Nothing there
Probing CPU FMI,MB86904 
VMEbus Interface Test
  Slave Base Register test ... passed.
  Control Register test ... passed.
  S4 Slave Map Register ... passed.
  S4 Mailbox Register ... passed.
  S4 Mailbox Interrupt Level Register ... passed.
 
Performing system configuration (Watchdog Timer, Abort Switch, etc) ... done!
Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 5,0  espdma esp sd st SUNW,bpp ledma le 
Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 1,0  Nothing there
Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 2,0  SUNW,hme 
Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 3,0  BCE,SBusDSP 
screen not found.
Can't open input device.
Keyboard not present.  Using tty for input and output.
SPARC CPU-5CE, No Keyboard
ROM Rev. 2.15.1, 16 MB memory installed, Serial #9138410.
Ethernet address 0:80:42:b:0:ea, Host ID: 808b70ea.
 
 
 
Initialising VMEbus device ... clearing SYSFAIL* signal ... done!     
Rebooting with command: 
Boot device: /iommu/sbus/ledma@5,8400010/le@5,8c00000  File and args: 
Lost Carrier  (transceiver cable problem?)  
Cable problem or twisted pair hub link-test disabled.
Use the PROM command "help ethernet" for more information.
 
Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet
Lost Carrier  (transceiver cable problem?)  
Cable problem or twisted pair hub link-test disabled.
Use the PROM command "help ethernet" for more information.
 
Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet
Lost Carrier  (transceiver cable problem?)  
Cable problem or twisted pair hub link-test disabled.
Use the PROM command "help ethernet" for more information.