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Re: mips64eb seems to be mostly 32-bit
On Wed, 07 Jul 2021 18:44:13 +1000
Simon Burge <simonb%NetBSD.org@localhost> wrote:
> The problem here is that "fatload usb 0 $(loadaddr) netbsd" doesn't
> leave any info at all on how or where that kernel was loaded from
> (that I'm aware of, certainly not in a uboot variable).
>
> If you look at how Linux boots on an ER-4 (I don't have a USB in my
> Erlite at the moment), you'll see
>
> bootoctlinux ... root=/dev/mmcblk0p2
>
> We need to do something similar for NetBSD. For the DD images that
> have root on dk1 and a wedge called "octeon-root", either of the
> following work
>
> fatload usb 0 $(loadaddr) netbsd
> bootoctlinux $(loadaddr) root=dk1
>
> or
>
> fatload usb 0 $(loadaddr) netbsd
> bootoctlinux $(loadaddr) root=wedge:octeon-root
>
> Both of these will boot like this:
Thank you Simon.
I tried searching for a way to specify NetBSD root block device
explicitly, but for some reason could not find this. I have tested the
suggestions above using octeon.img.gz 202107071010Z (both mips64eb and
mipsn64eb) and confirm they indeed work as described.
--
Denis Ovsienko
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