Re: NetBSD/alpha on qemu-system-alpha

[Jason Thorpe <thorpej%me.com@localhost>]

> On Aug 19, 2021, at 7:22 AM, Jason Thorpe <thorpej%me.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
> GENERIC.QEMU is exactly the same as GENERIC except that it has the kernel symbol table injected into it for use by the in-kernel debugger (and, eventually, the in-kernel linker for modules, once I finish implementing all of the necessary relocations for Alpha).

Oops, I forgot to say why.

“Because we can’t use the NetBSD/alpha boot loader to load the kernel.  Normally, the boot loader would load the symbol table for use by the kernel."

-- thorpej