Subject: Re: booting current kernel via grub fails
To: current-users@netbsd.org <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Kurt Schreiner <ks@ub.uni-mainz.de>
List: current-users
Date: 12/12/2007 14:54:47
On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 02:46:34PM +0100, Juan RP wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:29:15 +0100
> Juan RP <juan@xtrarom.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:27:09 +0100
> > Kurt Schreiner <ks@ub.uni-mainz.de> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > TSSIA ;-)
> > > Trying to boot a kernel compiled from source cvs update'd
> > > two hours or so ago via grub fails: The notebook reboots
> > > right from the grub menu. There's no output from the
> > > starting kernel visible on the screen, just a silent reboot...
> >
> > And booting a kernel from the NetBSD bootloader does that as well,
> 
> Looks like the __KERNEL_RCSID() changes in asm files are causing the
> spontaneous reboots just after the kernel is loaded.
> 
> Luke, can you please fix that or backout your changes?
Just as a data point: A kernel w/ "options NO_KERNEL_RCSIDS" boots
and runs fine...

Kurt