Re: port-macppc/22316 (1.6.1 kernels fail to boot on a 1GHz 15" PowerBook

[Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-macppc/22316; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-macppc/22316 (1.6.1 kernels fail to boot on a 1GHz 15"
 PowerBook
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2018 00:15:49 -0400

 >  yeah, i don't think ofwboot is the issue.  unless it fails to setup
 >  the kernel properly, it's the early kernel running that hangs, so
 >  the fix is very likely in the startup code.
 
 In my recent G5 hackery I had similar issues with OF loading the kernel
 directly - IIRC OF throws this error if we somehow cause an interrupt
 ( not necessarily a decrementer exception ) early on before installing
 our own handlers.
 
 have fun
 Michael