pro tip: start a day with sun nvram repair

got to brag, because i think i've done a fine job compared to my usual

...which can't really be said about replacing the missing front bezel

@lkundrak what happens if you try to define a volatile variable in a nvram?

@vbabka it install solaris onto your computer

@lkundrak WTF!
Just to be clear, I don't want to see your usual. No.

@lkundrak @vbabka oh, so is it indeed Undefined Behaviour™?

@ptesarik @vbabka it's implementation defined. it can optionally also install solaris 11 express edition with java desktop on your computer too

@ptesarik what is your issue sir? you dislike drilling into things? have you tried it? 🐟

@lkundrak @vbabka Thanks for letting me know.
FYI I'm now adding a bunch of lines like this to init_kernel() and setup_arch():

BUG_ON(is_nvram_addr(&volatile_var));

Especially those defined under arch/sparc.

@lkundrak I love drilling into things, but the one in your pictor cannot hold pond water, so your fish dies.

cc @ljs *DRILL* *DRILL*

this is not a drill

*DRILL* 🧠🪓💻

@ptesarik it's your arguments that don't hold water!

@lkundrak pond water, sir

@ptesarik how is that different from normal bong water

@lkundrak oh man, how can you even compare toxic bong water with well-matured musty nourishing pond water?

@ptesarik are you out of your mind and shoes?

@lkundrak It takes at least 3 years to fully mature pond water. How long does sir keep bong water? I dare bet not even one year.

@ptesarik whatever floats your boat sir

*fills shoes with water*
*installs fish*
*🧠🪓🐟*

@ptesarik @vbabka thanks for your efforts sir. appreciated. is this going to be a part of the next bcachefs pull?

@ptesarik since you asked: here's my usual 🧠🪓🐟

@alanc -- are you the last man standing in the area of solaris graphics? do you think this is a genuine PGX64 or i got scammed by the local dealer in the dark alley last night??

@lkundrak @vbabka no, but my ENOBRAIN patch might

@lkundrak @ptesarik unfortunately it’s been years since I saw a PGX64 in person but I don’t see the normal Sun part number sticker, and don’t remember it having a small second board hanging off the top. I would expect it to look more like the pics in https://www.ebay.com/itm/334736586307

@alanc @ptesarik I'm sorry, i just meant to be funny. Indeed, not a pgx64. However! The chinese apparently somehow got a truckload of Rage XLs and are selling new PCI cards with it on aliexpress.

They are a little shoddy. A mosfet in place of a regulator (same footprint, i guess?), and fed 3.3V from PCI to both 2.5V rage xl chip as well as the 5V prom & ram. The board that's dangling on the top fixes that, as well as operation in 5V PCI systems.

I've replaced the prom with a flash rom and am beating the fcode into shape -- compared to PGX64 it has a different crystal and SDRAM instead of SGRAM. Once done, my Sun will have a display! Here I come, CDE!!! \o/