DENEB / A3K Woes

[Kernel]

I have an A3K, 25MHz 68030 w/18MB RAM, 4GB HD, and a Deneb.  Connected to the DENED I have a 4 port hub and a NetGear FA101 USB Dongle.  Off of the hub I have a Samsung DVD-RW.

I bought the DENEB new from AmigaKit and at some point one of the ports went bad.  I had it repaired earlier this year by Michael Böhmer himself.

I don't have a lot of free time so this machine has sat off for at least 6 months.  It's in my house though so it's climate controlled.  I recently got the urge to fiddle again and booted it up a few days ago and it's been running idle until last night when I decided to get it on the network and dug out the FA101.  I then started noticing strange things...

It took me a while to get Miami to recognize the FA101 because I needed to load the pegasus.class since it wsn'tloading by default.  Then, I had to fiddle with IP settings and such.  Finally, it connected.

However, I then noticed the DVD would not always recognize the 3.5 disc I have in it and it appears that is because the  default for the massstorage.class was L:AmiCDFS and I only have L:CDFileSystem.  I don't think AmiCDFS is in the DENEB ROM is it?  The device itself was configured for L:CDFileSystem so a power cycle or eject/reinsert and it would then recognize.  What is weird is that I set the default for both the massstorage.class and the CD drive itself to  L:CDFileSystem, and even on a reboot (up until my most recent one), it was still looking for L:AmiCDFS.  Perhaps that's because it was a warm reboot?

In addition, if I click the "All Offline" in Trident, and then the "All Online", I get errors and the USB is dead until I reboot.

I 'm hoping that the L:AmiCDFS / L:CDFileSystem issue is now resolved but I'm definitely going to keep an eye on it.

If anyone has some advice about the DVD drive issue or the Offline/Online issue, I would appreciate the feedback.  Here is my log which includes a fresh boot and then an offline/online attempt.

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 0-poseidon.library: Welcome to poseidon 4.2 (7.9.08) © 2002-2008 by Chris Hodges (20080907)!
 0-poseidon.library: This version is exclusively locked to E3B hardware and WILL NOT work with other controllers!
 0-poseidon.library: Event broadcaster started.
 0-poseidon.library: Say hello to hub.class V4.2 (Root/external hub base class).
 0-poseidon.library: Whoah! hid.class V4.2 surprised as Generic support for human interface devices.
 0-poseidon.library: The door bell rang for massstorage.class V4.2 (Supports storage devices via usbscsi.device).
 0-poseidon.library: Welcome pegasus.class V4.2 (Ethernet SANA driver for Pegasus chipsets via usbpegasus.device) to the party.
 0-poseidon.library: Enabling QuickIO for Deneb EHCI USB Host Controller.
 0-poseidon.library: New hardware DEVS:USBHardware/denebz2usb.device/0 added (Deneb EHCI USB Host Controller).
 0-poseidon.library: Root hub has been enumerated.
 0-hub.class: Hub with 3 ports successfully configured.
 0-hub.class: I'm in love with hub 'ISP1520'.
 0-hub.class: Detected device 'NETGEAR FA101 Adapter' at port 1. I like it.
 0-hub.class: Detected device 'Hub (NEC Corp./005A)' at port 3. I like it.
 0-hub.class: Hub has added 2 device(s). That'll be fun!
 0-pegasus.class: Ethereal abduction by 'NETGEAR FA101 Adapter' on usbpegasus.device unit 0!
 0-hub.class: Hub with 4 ports successfully configured.
 0-hub.class: I'm in love with hub 'Hub (NEC Corp./005A)'.
 0-hub.class: Detected device 'SES084D' at port 1. I like it.
 0-hub.class: Detected device 'Hub (NEC Corp./005A)' at port 4. I like it.
 0-hub.class: Hub has added 2 device(s). That'll be fun!
 0-massstorage.class: Postconfig patchflags 0x0342 ModeXLate FixInq36 SimpleSCSI NoReset.
 0-massstorage.class: MSD 'SES084D' LUN 0 available through usbscsi.device unit 0!
 0-massstorage.class: Device 'CDDVDW SE-S084D' is of CD/DVD ROM type.
 0-massstorage.class: Removable Task started.
 0-hub.class: Hub with 4 ports successfully configured.
 0-hub.class: I'm in love with hub 'Hub (NEC Corp./005A)'.
 0-pegasus.class: Autonegotiation: Using 100Base-TX Full Duplex.
 0-massstorage.class: Media does not seem to be FAT nor NTFS formatted.
 5-massstorage.class: Loading filesystem L:CDFileSystem from RDB failed. Trying DOS...
 0-massstorage.class: Loaded filesystem L:CDFileSystem via DOS!
 0-massstorage.class: Mounted usbscsi.device unit 0 as UMSD:
 0-poseidon.library: PoPo kicks ass.
20-OnlineSupport: No TCP/IP stack running!
 0-hub.class: Oh no! I've been shot! Arrggghh...
 0-hub.class: My death killed device 'NETGEAR FA101 Adapter' at port 1!
 0-pegasus.class: Pegasus 'NETGEAR FA101 Adapter' returned to the stars.
 0-hub.class: My death killed device 'Hub (NEC Corp./005A)' at port 3!
 0-hub.class: Oh no! I've been shot! Arrggghh...
 0-hub.class: My death killed device 'SES084D' at port 1!
 0-massstorage.class: 'SES084D' retreated, pitful coward.
 0-hub.class: My death killed device 'Hub (NEC Corp./005A)' at port 4!
 0-hub.class: Oh no! I've been shot! Arrggghh...
 0-hub.class: Time to get rid of 'Hub (NEC Corp./005A)'!
 0-hub.class: Time to get rid of 'Hub (NEC Corp./005A)'!
 0-hub.class: Time to get rid of 'ISP1520'!
 0-massstorage.class: Removable Task stopped.
 0-poseidon.library: Removed hardware DEVS:USBHardware/denebz2usb.device/0. Bye bye!
 0-poseidon.library: Enabling QuickIO for Deneb EHCI USB Host Controller.
 0-poseidon.library: New hardware DEVS:USBHardware/denebz2usb.device/0 added (Deneb EHCI USB Host Controller).
 5-poseidon.library: GET_DESCRIPTOR (len failed: packet overflow (7)
20-poseidon.library: SET_ADDRESS failed: packet overflow (7)
20-poseidon.library: Device enumeration failed, sorry.
20-poseidon.library: Root hub enumeration failed. Blame your hardware driver programmer.
20-poseidon.library: Opening DEVS:USBHardware/denebpiousb.device unit 0 failed device/unit failed to open (-1).

[Kernel]

Dang, after a COLD reboot, the L:AmiCDFS issue is back, and there is a device error.  Could it be timing?

Here's that log...

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 0-poseidon.library: Welcome to poseidon 4.2 (7.9.08) © 2002-2008 by Chris Hodges (20080907)!
 0-poseidon.library: This version is exclusively locked to E3B hardware and WILL NOT work with other controllers!
 0-poseidon.library: Event broadcaster started.
 0-poseidon.library: Say hello to hub.class V4.2 (Root/external hub base class).
 0-poseidon.library: Whoah! hid.class V4.2 surprised as Generic support for human interface devices.
 0-poseidon.library: The door bell rang for massstorage.class V4.2 (Supports storage devices via usbscsi.device).
 0-poseidon.library: Enabling QuickIO for Deneb EHCI USB Host Controller.
 0-poseidon.library: New hardware DEVS:USBHardware/denebz2usb.device/0 added (Deneb EHCI USB Host Controller).
 0-poseidon.library: Root hub has been enumerated.
20-poseidon.library: Opening DEVS:USBHardware/denebpiousb.device unit 0 failed device/unit failed to open (-1).
 0-hub.class: Hub with 3 ports successfully configured.
 0-hub.class: I'm in love with hub 'ISP1520'.
 0-hub.class: Detected device 'NETGEAR FA101 Adapter' at port 2. I like it.
 0-hub.class: Detected device 'Hub (NEC Corp./005A)' at port 3. I like it.
 0-hub.class: Hub has added 2 device(s). That'll be fun!
 0-hub.class: Hub with 4 ports successfully configured.
 0-hub.class: I'm in love with hub 'Hub (NEC Corp./005A)'.
 0-hub.class: Detected device 'SES084D' at port 1. I like it.
 0-hub.class: Detected device 'Hub (NEC Corp./005A)' at port 4. I like it.
 0-hub.class: Hub has added 2 device(s). That'll be fun!
 0-poseidon.library: Boot delay skipped, no mass storage devices found.
 0-massstorage.class: Postconfig patchflags 0x0342 ModeXLate FixInq36 SimpleSCSI NoReset.
 0-massstorage.class: MSD 'SES084D' LUN 0 available through usbscsi.device unit 0!
 0-massstorage.class: Device 'CDDVDW SE-S084D' is of CD/DVD ROM type.
 5-massstorage.class: Silently increasing NAK Timeout value to 15 seconds for CD/DVD drives...
 0-massstorage.class: Removable Task started.
 0-hub.class: Hub with 4 ports successfully configured.
 0-hub.class: I'm in love with hub 'Hub (NEC Corp./005A)'.
 0-massstorage.class: Media does not seem to be FAT nor NTFS formatted.
 5-massstorage.class: Loading filesystem L:AmiCDFS from RDB failed. Trying DOS...
10-massstorage.class: Loading filesystem L:AmiCDFS via DOS failed!
10-massstorage.class: Couldn't find/load filesystem for usbscsi.device unit 0 as UMSD:
10-massstorage.class: (Possibly no FAT95 installed? Please check!)
 0-massstorage.class: DOS found, stopping removable task...
 0-massstorage.class: Removable Task stopped.
 0-massstorage.class: Removable Task started.
 0-massstorage.class: Media does not seem to be FAT nor NTFS formatted.
 5-massstorage.class: Loading filesystem L:AmiCDFS from RDB failed. Trying DOS...
 0-massstorage.class: Loaded filesystem L:AmiCDFS via DOS!
10-massstorage.class: Couldn't find/load filesystem for usbscsi.device unit 0 as UMSD:
10-massstorage.class: (Possibly no FAT95 installed? Please check!)
 0-poseidon.library: Welcome pegasus.class V4.2 (Ethernet SANA driver for Pegasus chipsets via usbpegasus.device) to the party.
 0-poseidon.library: Checking AfterDOS...
 0-pegasus.class: Ethereal abduction by 'NETGEAR FA101 Adapter' on usbpegasus.device unit 0!
 0-pegasus.class: Autonegotiation: Using 100Base-TX Full Duplex.
 0-poseidon.library: PoPo kicks ass.
20-OnlineSupport: No TCP/IP stack running!

[Kernel]

Hm... looks like I need to learn how to load the ROM since the main library and mass storage class are in the ROM.

I've tried Z3 mode before and my machine locks up.  I think it might be related to chip revisions but then again it could have been because a port was going flakey on it and it's since been fixed.  I'll try it again.

[Kernel]

OK, so I've found Poseidon 4.4 and 4.5, but the poseidon.library is sill 4.2 in these - is this correct?

[Kernel]

Thanks, I'll try that.

I opened up the case and changed the jumper back to SPARE so I'm not forcing it into Z2 mode now.  After this, 3 hardware devices show up under the boot menu now:

Board 1, Manufacturer 3643, Product 16
Board 1, Manufacturer 3643, Product 19
Board 2, Manufacturer 4626, Product 23

All are working; prior to the jumper change (I also reloaded the FlashROM so maybe that's why?) only the 3643 boards  were showing and they had different product ID's.  Weird...

I still am getting a system freeze either during WB load or shortly thereafter.... either it freezes hard and I need to reboot or it runs like a champ.

Frustrating... why am I addicted to this computer!

[Kernel]

Ok, so I have not installed AmiCFDS yet but I think I finally got to the bottom of the issue.

I traced the lockup I have a boot (which happens 99% of the time) to the User-Startup entry of ENVARC:PsdStackloader.  After further research, I found a similar thread on EAB and it spoke of PsdStackloader being in the FlashROM as well.  When I flashed it last night, I actually forgot to add that back into it... yet the issue continued until I commented out the User-Startup line.  I actually commented out every non OS entry (other than Assign statements) in the Startup-Sequence and User-Startup and just got lucky that that was the first line second line I re-enabled for testing.

So I decided to leave it disabled but add it back into the FlashROM.  This time I tried the Quick Setup / Poseidon USB menu option of Luciferin and it added the PsdStackloader along with everything else that I was using in Proseidon so I suppose it reads the config file for this information.

Now when I launch Trident, the version of Poseidon is reflected as 4.5 also.  so I gues (maybe it's in the manual?) part of a Poseidon update should be to reflash the FlashROM.


So I supposed I'll end up Jinxing myself but I've warm booted and cold booted several times now without a lockup.  The DVD-ROM sometimes still doesn't show up but that's small potatoes compared to dealing with the lockup.  By redoing the FlashROM I got rid of the AmiCDFS errors.

Crossing fingers...

[Kernel]

Is the massstorage.class in the FlashROM?

[Kernel]

The lockups have not returned since I disabled the ENVARC:PsdStackloader entry in User-Startup and flashed it into the ROM.  The DVD-ROM shows up 9 out of 10 times now; I've rebooted countless times (both warm and cold) and no lockups yet.  My faith has been renewed for now!

You do make a good point that I don't really need the massstorage.class in the ROM... I believe it's only needed there if one wants to boot from the DVD-ROM or Flash Drive right?

Now I just have to solve the telser.device issue but that's in a different thread...