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Raptor Computing Systems Hardware => Blackbird => Topic started by: tle on February 02, 2020, 05:36:02 am

Title: The download location for factory default BOOTKERNFW
Post by: tle on February 02, 2020, 05:36:02 am

I would like to ask where I could download the stock BOOTKERNFW that comes bundled with my Blackbird?

Kind regards

Title: Re: The download location for factory default BOOTKERNFW
Post by: MPC7500 on February 02, 2020, 08:39:52 am

There is no BOOTKERNFW bundled. Because the systems doesn't come with any OS. You have to download your desired Firmware yourself.
You have to follow this instructions (https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Add_GPU_Firmware_To_BOOTKERNFW).

Advantage in doing this is to get a screen on Petitboot. Drawback, you have to repeat the procedure after each Blackbird-Firmware update. Fortunately, there is rarely a firmware update.

Title: Re: The download location for factory default BOOTKERNFW
Post by: tle on February 02, 2020, 10:20:50 am

Great thanks for pointing that out.  :)

Title: Re: The download location for factory default BOOTKERNFW
Post by: MPC7500 on February 02, 2020, 10:52:25 am

And there's AFAIK no performance advantage in doing this. If you have a second computer, you could access the Blackbird via ssh:

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ssh root@blackbird -t -p2200
Then you could see the hostboot coming up like:

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--== Welcome to Hostboot hostboot-3beba24/hbicore.bin ==--

  3.05524|secure|SecureROM valid - enabling functionality
  5.88506|Booting from SBE side 0 on master proc=00050000
  5.92409|ISTEP  6. 5 - host_init_fsi
  6.45292|ISTEP  6. 6 - host_set_ipl_parms
  7.01365|ISTEP  6. 7 - host_discover_targets
…

[   58.115693949,5] IPMI: Resetting boot count on successful boot
[   58.115766868,5] INIT: Waiting for kernel...
[   71.203854371,3] STB: BOOTKERNEL verification FAILED. log=0xffffffffffff8160
[   71.204413794,5] INIT: 64-bit LE kernel discovered
[   71.352697029,5] INIT: Starting kernel at 0x20011000, fdt at 0x306f35a0 206892 bytes
[   73.036164478,3] LPC[000]: Got SYNC no-response error. Error address reg: 0xd0010080
[   73.036176803,6] IPMI: dropping non severe PEL event
[   73.036252854,7] UART: IRQ functional !
And you could also see Petitboot: