Subject: Re: newfs, libsa, ide and the Booter
To: None <nigel@ind.tansu.com.au>
From: Takeshi Shibagaki <sibagaki@lsi.melco.co.jp>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/18/2002 16:05:25
Hi,


>>>>> On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 17:37:08 +1100 (EST), nigel@ind.tansu.com.au said:

nigel> 	Now, at first I thought it was the old ufs_open() code in
nigel> the Booter, so over the weekend I replaced it with libsa/ufs.c.
nigel> No change.

Does "No change" mean that a situation isn't better?

nigel> 1) The ide_read code is bad.
nigel>    Unlikely because, if I comment out the magic-number check,
nigel>    ufs_open() reads and gets the diinodes, lists the files,
nigel>    and seems to have a good attempt at reading the file data.

Maybe this. A kernel isn't booted up from a partition which is made with 
a recent sysinst. It seems same in the case of SCSI disk.

Temporary, why don't you comment out the magic-number check?

Takeshi Shibagaki
ie9t-sbgk@asahi-net.or.jp