Re: install/40245: netbsd-5 and -current fail to load miniroot.kmod on esiop scsi controller

[Stephen Borrill <netbsd%precedence.co.uk@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR install/40245; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Stephen Borrill <netbsd%precedence.co.uk@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: install/40245: netbsd-5 and -current fail to load miniroot.kmod
 on esiop scsi controller
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 08:58:25 +0100 (BST)

 I've seen this problem on a number of machines with 5.0_STABLE and 5.0.1 
 (none which have esiop SCSI or indeed any SCSI at all).
 
 The error message is the same every time (i.e. it looks like random data, 
 but it isn't):
 
 WARNING: couldn't open/stand/i386/5.0/modules/.~.....xx/.~.....xx.kmod
 
 hexdump -C says:
 00002ff0  75 6c 65 73 2f eb 7e 89  f6 d2 b6 86 78 78 2f eb  |ules/.~.....xx/.|
 00003000  7e 89 f6 d2 b6 86 78 78  2e 6b 6d 6f 64 2d 2f 2d  |~.....xx.kmod-/-|
 
 i.e. it's the same 9 byte string repeated twice:
 eb 7e 89 f6 d2 b6 86 78 78
 
 A dmesg fragment from my IBM x305:
 
 rccide0 at pci0 dev 15 function 1
 rccide0: ServerWorks CSB5 IDE Controller (rev. 0x93)
 rccide0: primary channel interrupting at ioapic0 pin 14
 atabus0 at rccide0 channel 0
 rccide0: secondary channel interrupting at ioapic0 pin 15
 atabus1 at rccide0 channel 1
 [snip]
 atapibus0 at atabus0: 2 targets
 cd0 at atapibus0 drive 1: <LG CD-ROM CRN-8245B, , 1.16> cdrom removable
 
 Trying to boot from a -current install CD gives:
 heap full
 exit
 exit
 exit
 exit
 exit
 exit
 (etc.)