Re: init receiving SIGILL on XEN3_DOM0/amd64

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 03:24:43PM +0100, Matthias Scheler wrote:
> On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 02:59:31PM +0100, Matthias Scheler wrote:
> > On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 05:59:02PM +1000, James Laird wrote:
> > > I'm having trouble with a fresh -current build, running as Dom0 on amd64.
> > 
> > I have exactly the same problem with NetBSD-amd64 4.99.63 built from
> > today's sources. And just like in your case the system in general and
> > especially "/sbin/init" works fine with NetBSD-amd64.
> 
> For some weird reason the problem went away after I fixed the line
> in "/grub/menu.lst":
> 
> title Xen 3.1 / NetBSD (hda0, serial)
>   root(hd0,0)
>   kernel (hd0,a)/xen.gz dom0_mem=718592 com1=115200,8n1
>   module (hd0,a)/netbsd rootdev=/dev/wd0a ro console=ttyS0 
>                         ^^^^^^^
> 
> According to the example this should read "bootdev" which results
> in the kernel asking for the root filesystem. With the above entry
> the machine boots.
> 
> Would anybody object if I correct that part of the HOWTO?

Yes, bootdev is right, and root= should also work. Using rootdev in
place of bootdev is equivalent to not specyfing the boot
device at all.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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