#!/bin/ksh # # File: patchfreq # Author: Bryan Cantrill (bmc@eng.sun.com), Solaris Performance # Modified: Sat Apr 26 04:00:59 PDT 1997 # # This is a little script to patch a 5.5 or 5.5.1 kernel to get around # the cpu_tick_freq inaccuracy. Before running this script, one must # know the true frequency of one's CPU; this can be derived by NTP, # or by observing the clock relative to the time-of-day chip over a # long period of time (the TOD will pull system time when it drifts # by more than two seconds). # # Patching a kernel can render a machine unbootable; do not run this # script unless you are prepared to accept that possibility. It # is advisable to have a backout path (e.g. net booting, an alternate # boot disk, an installation CD) should your machine fail to boot. # # This is not a product of Sun Microsystems, and is provided "as is", # without warranty of any kind expressed or implied including, but not # limited to, the suitability of this script for any purpose. # if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then echo "Usage: $0 cpu_tick_freq [ alternate_kernel ]" exit 1 fi cpu_tick_freq=$1 kernel=/platform/sun4u/kernel/unix if [ $# -eq 2 ]; then kernel=$2 fi if [ ! -w $kernel ]; then echo "$0: Cannot open $kernel for writing." exit 1 fi arch=`echo utsname+404?s | adb $kernel | cut -d: -f2` if [ ! $arch = "sun4u" ]; then echo "Patch only applies to sun4u" exit 1 fi rel=`echo utsname+202?s | adb $kernel | cut -d: -f2` if [ ! $rel = "5.5" ] && [ ! $rel = "5.5.1" ]; then echo "Patch only applies to 5.5 or 5.5.1..." exit 1 fi nop="1000000" # nop store_mask="ffffe000" # mask out low 13 bits store="da256000" # st %o5, [%l5 + offset] instr=`echo setcpudelay+34?X | adb $kernel | cut -d: -f 2 | nawk '{ print $1 }'` if [ $instr = $nop ]; then echo "Instruction already patched..." else let masked="(16#$store_mask & 16#$instr) - 16#$store" if [ $masked -ne 0 ]; then echo "Couldn't find instruction to patch; aborting." exit 1 fi if ! echo setcpudelay+34?W $nop | adb -w $kernel 1> /dev/null then echo "adb returned an unexpected error; aborting." fi fi echo "Patching cpu_tick_freq to $cpu_tick_freq..." if ! echo cpu_tick_freq?W 0t$cpu_tick_freq | adb -w $kernel 1> /dev/null; then echo "adb returned an unexpected error; aborting." exit 1 fi echo "$kernel successfully patched." exit 0 |