Subject: Re: Problem : can't determine root device
To: Julien Aube <jaube@nist.gov>
From: Eduardo Horvath <eeh@NetBSD.org>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 01/07/2005 21:05:44
On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 03:27:18PM -0500, Julien Aube wrote:

> I have this :
> NetBSD 2.0 (GENERIC) #0: Thu Dec  2 02:49:29 UTC 2004
>        
> builds@build:/big/builds/ab/netbsd-2-0-RELEASE/sparc64/200411300000Z-obj
> /big/builds/ab/netbsd-2-0-RELEASE/src/sys/arch/sparc64/compile/GENERIC
> total memory = 768 MB
> avail memory = 740 MB
> bootpath: /sbus@1f,0/QLGC,isp@1,10000/sd@4,0       <-------

I think the problem is caused because isp is not in the bus_class_tab[]
array.  The problem with adding isp is that it can either be on a PCI
bus or an SBus (as yours is) so it's not obvious how to add it to the
list.  In fact the entire method for parsing the bootpath and locating
the associated driver should be reimplemented, but it's not an easy
task.

Eduardo