port-macppc/30465: NetBSD/macppc install kernel does not support RAIDframe devices
Ian Spray
>Category: port-macppc
>Synopsis: Install kernel does not support RAIDframe devices
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: port-macppc-maintainer
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Jun 08 12:30:00 +0000 2005
>Originator: Ian Spray
>Release: NetBSD 3.0_BETA (2005-06-02 checkout)
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD blue.minimal.cx 3.0_BETA NetBSD 3.0_BETA (BLUE) #3: Fri Jun 3 19:33:53 UTC 2005 ro...@blue.minimal.cx:/usr/src/sys/arch/macppc/compile/BLUE macppc
Architecture: powerpc
Machine: macppc
>Description:
There is no way to create a RAIDframe disk mirror without first installing NetBSD, creating the RAID component on the second device, moving the data from the first, rebooting and creating the second device.
Adding RAIDframe support to the install kernel would allow the system to be installed directly onto a RAID system, with no kernel rebuilds as long as GENERIC supports RAIDframe.
>How-To-Repeat:
Boot to the install shell, and try to mount an existing RAID partition, eg: mount /dev/raid0a /mnt
>Fix:
Patch the src/distrib/macppc/floppies/ramdisk/Makefile and src/distrib/macppc/floppies/ramdisk/list to create RAIDframe device nodes and add sbin/raidctl and libc to the installation ramdisk.
Also add RAIDframe directives to the sys/arch/macppc/conf/INSTALL kernel file, as shown below. After these changes there is still 197KB free space remaining in the ramdisk.
This setup has been tested on a G3 B&W 350, and has been booted into the install kernel, raidctl -v -s raid0 correctly reported my mirror setup, fsck -y /dev/raid0a ran without any issues, and a 200MB dd from /dev/zero to a file on /dev/raid0g performed as expected in terms of speed.
# cvs diff -u
cvs server: Diffing .
Index: Makefile
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/distrib/macppc/floppies/ramdisk/Makefile,v
retrieving revision 1.31
diff -u -r1.31 Makefile
--- Makefile 18 Jan 2005 12:38:45 -0000 1.31
+++ Makefile 8 Jun 2005 10:56:14 -0000
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
LISTS= ${.CURDIR}/list ${DISTRIBDIR}/common/list.sysinst
MTREECONF= ${DISTRIBDIR}/common/mtree.common
IMAGEENDIAN= be
-MAKEDEVTARGETS= floppy
+MAKEDEVTARGETS= floppy raid0 raid1 raid2 raid3 raid4 raid5 raid6 raid7
IMAGEDEPENDS= ${CRUNCHBIN} \
dot.profile termcap.src \
${DESTDIR}/usr/mdec/ofwboot ${DESTDIR}/usr/mdec/bootxx \
Index: list
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/distrib/macppc/floppies/ramdisk/list,v
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -u -r1.25 list
--- list 18 Jan 2005 12:38:45 -0000 1.25
+++ list 8 Jun 2005 10:56:14 -0000
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
PROG sbin/shutdown
PROG sbin/swapctl
PROG sbin/umount
+PROG sbin/raidctl
PROG usr/bin/ftp
PROG usr/bin/gzip usr/bin/gzcat usr/bin/gunzip
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@
SPECIAL route srcdir distrib/utils/x_route
SPECIAL umount srcdir distrib/utils/x_umount
-LIBS libhack.o -ledit -lutil -lcurses -ltermcap -lrmt -ll -lm -lz
+LIBS libhack.o -ledit -lutil -lcurses -ltermcap -lrmt -ll -lm -lz -lc
COPY ${DESTDIR}/usr/mdec/bootxx usr/mdec/bootxx
COPY ${DESTDIR}/usr/mdec/mbr usr/mdec/mbr
Index: INSTALL
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/sys/arch/macppc/conf/INSTALL,v
retrieving revision 1.87.4.1
diff -u -r1.87.4.1 INSTALL
--- INSTALL 1 Jun 2005 17:19:44 -0000 1.87.4.1
+++ INSTALL 8 Jun 2005 10:57:10 -0000
@@ -188,5 +188,8 @@
pseudo-device loop # network loopback
pseudo-device pty 2 # pseudo-terminals (Sysinst needs two)
+pseudo-device raid 8
+options RAID_AUTOCONFIG
+
pseudo-device rnd # /dev/random and in-kernel generator
pseudo-device wsmux # mouse and keyboard multiplexor