Subject: port-vax/19252: Netbooting ELF kernels on VAX broken
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <root@cougar.wtsp.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 12/03/2002 06:33:35
>Number: 19252
>Category: port-vax
>Synopsis: Netbooting ELF kernels on VAX broken
>Confidential: no
>Severity: critical
>Priority: high
>Responsible: port-vax-maintainer
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue Dec 03 03:36:00 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Henry R. Bent
>Release: NetBSD 1.6
>Organization:
Want the Stars Productions
>Environment:
System: NetBSD 1.6
Architecture: vax
Machine: vax
>Description:
mop-booting of ELF format data is broken on VAX 4000/200, possibly
others. Attempts to mop-boot any 1.6 bootloader produce
?50 SCB2NDINT, EZA0
?06 HLT INST
PC = 00000D42
The mopcopy tool that is supposed to translate ELF images into
mop images is totally broken, producing files over 64MB in size.
>How-To-Repeat:
Attempt to netboot 1.6 on a VAX 4000/200
>Fix:
none known
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: