On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Chris Budd wrote:

> root on wm0
> nfs_boot: trying DHCP/BOOTP
> nfs_boot: DHCP next-server: 192.168.200.109
> nfs_boot: my_addr=192.168.200.200
> root on cbudd:/export/client/iq80321
> warning: no /dev/console
> panic: Prefetch abort in non-USR mode (frame=0xc7b13d30 PC=0x00000008)
>
> Stopped in pid 12 (sh) at       cpu_Debugger+0x10:      ldmdb   r11,
> {r11, r13,
> r
> 15}
>
>
> Realizing that the version on the CD is old (NetBSD 1.6F (IQ80321) #0: Thu
> Aug 22 17:18:41 EDT 2002), I grabbed the 1.6.1 release (NetBSD 1.6.1
> (IQ80321) #0: Mon Apr  7 22:31:19 UTC 2003) from NetBSD.org.  Now I do not
> get the panic, but I still have problems with no console.

1.6F is an (old) version of the trunk; 1.6.1 is cut from the release
branch. You probably want to be looking at a later snapshot of current
from releng.netbsd.org.

> The /dev directory is empty except for the MAKEDEV and MAKEDEV.local files;
> therefore, when the diskless NetBSD boots off my NFS server, all is well
> until I get a warning about no /dev/console; then there is nothing, but I
> know the board is running.  What do I need to do to get a NetBSD console?

init should be creating a memory filesystem on /dev and executing MAKEDEV.
Perhaps you could verify whether this is in fact happening using ddb?

Alternatively, you could use MAKEDEV to create the device files on your
NFS server.

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