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

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

On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 7:36 AM, Nick Hudson <nick.hudson%gmx.co.uk@localhost> 
wrote:
> On 10/02/2013 14:28, Andy Ruhl wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 1:22 AM, Nick Hudson 
>> <nick.hudson%gmx.co.uk@localhost>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 05/01/2013 17:03, Nick Hudson wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 12/19/12 20:30, Andy Ruhl wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> root on sd0a dumps on sd0b
>>>>> WARNING: clock lost 4734 days
>>>>> WARNING: using filesystem time
>>>>> WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!
>>>>> warning: no /dev/console
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The real problem is related to the missing /dev/console
>>>
>>>
>>> This was fixed yesterday by this commit.
>>>
>>> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2013/01/26/msg040906.html
>>
>> I synched my current source last night and built a kernel, and it
>> still panics. This is on a semi-production machine so I need time to
>> get the output for it.
>>
>> This particular boot disk does not have /dev populated. The "old"
>> kernel from Aug 23, 2012 (which I'm still using) seems to recognize
>> this and mounts /dev over a tempfs.
>>
>> Andy
>
>
> Make sure your /dev/MAKEDEV is made with
>
> #       NetBSD: MAKEDEV.tmpl,v 1.161 2013/01/26 18:44:21 apb Exp
>
> or your MAKEDEV has
>
>                     mknod -m 600 -g 0 -u 0 temp_console c 2 0

Sorry, I missed that it was a MAKEDEV change. I'm building a new root
disk with a new userland and kernel right now.

I hope I'm not out of line by saying that the panic in this situation
is still a problem?

Andy