Re: (improvement?) Dockstar (like SHEEVAPLUG) panics at init with -current after Aug 31, 2012

[Andy Ruhl <acruhl%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 7:11 AM, Matt Thomas <matt%3am-software.com@localhost> 
wrote:
>
> On Dec 18, 2012, at 5:33 AM, Andy Ruhl wrote:
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>> This kernel alone does not work for me. The panic at init looks the same.
>
> In arm/arm32/arm32_kvminit, can you try increasing:
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>         kernel_size += 0x10000; /* slop */
>
> until your kernel boots and then tell me what value you needed?
> And the output of VERBOSE_INIT_ARM as well.

I set this in arm32_kvminit.c:

kernel_size += 0x300000;        /* slop changed from 0x100000 */

And now it boots.

Is this masking the problem or solving the problem?

Why would other machines boot without this change? Different kernel configs?

I'll try to send the verbose boot output shortly.

Andy