misc/39454: UPDATE build of amd64 bootcd fails to pick up new kernel

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>Number:         39454
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       UPDATE build of amd64 bootcd fails to pick up new kernel
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    misc-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Sep 03 14:30:00 +0000 2008
>Originator:     Havard Eidnes
>Release:        NetBSD 4.99.72
>Organization:
        I try...
>Environment:
System: Target: amd64 4.99.72 -current as of yesterday
Architecture: amd64
Machine: amd64
>Description:
        I'm trying to fix bugs preventing the installation of NetBSD
        on a HP ProLiant BL460c G1 system, using the amd64 port.

        This system typically wants an ISO image to boot from.

        I'm trying to use the in-tree methods to replicate the parts
        of the build which is creating the boot.iso image, but for
        some reason that I can't seem to fathom, I appear to be unable
        to make the build work as intended.

        I've found distrib/amd64/cdrom/bootcd/, which appears to
        describe the build procedure used.  However, doing an UPDATE
        build using "nbmake-amd64" in distrib/amd64/, the build
        creates the new ramdisk and the new netbsd-INSTALL.gz file,
        but the build in cdroms/bootcd/ etc. fail to pick up the new
        kernel and do not appear to do any work.  Also, doing
        "nbmake-amd64 release" does not install the new (or old) iso
        images.  Here's excerpts of the build log:

quattro: {108} /u/build/HEAD/tools/amd64/bin/nbmake-amd64 dependall
dependall ===> ramdisks
dependall ===> ramdisks/ramdisk
`cat.ro' is up to date.
`chmod.ro' is up to date.
`cp.ro' is up to date.
`dd.ro' is up to date.
`df.ro' is up to date.
`ed.ro' is up to date.
`ln.ro' is up to date.
...
depend ===> ramdisks/ramdisk/mbr
`fdisk.ro' is up to date.
`fsck.ro' is up to date.
`fsck_ffs.ro' is up to date.
...
`rtsol.ro' is up to date.
       link  ramdisk/ramdiskbin
      strip  ramdiskbin
      build  ramdisk/work
missing: ./bin (created)
missing: ./dev (created)
...
missing: ./var/spool/lock (created)
     create  ramdisk/ramdisk.fs
Calculated size of `ramdisk.fs.tmp': 5120000 bytes, 60 inodes
Extent size set to 4096
ramdisk.fs.tmp: 4.9MB (10000 sectors) block size 4096, fragment size 512
        using 1 cylinder groups of 4.88MB, 1250 blks, 64 inodes.
super-block backups (for fsck -b #) at:
 32,
Populating `ramdisk.fs.tmp'
Image `ramdisk.fs.tmp' complete
dependall ===> instkernel
     create  instkernel/netbsd-INSTALL (from: 
/u/build/HEAD/obj/amd64/sys/arch/amd64/compile/INSTALL/netbsd 
/u/build/HEAD/obj/amd64/distrib/amd64/ramdisks/ramdisk/ramdisk.fs)
got symbols from netbsd-INSTALL.tmp
mapped netbsd-INSTALL.tmp
copying image /u/build/HEAD/obj/amd64/distrib/amd64/ramdisks/ramdisk/ramdisk.fs 
into netbsd-INSTALL.tmp
done copying image
exiting
     create  instkernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz
...
dependall ===> cdroms
dependall ===> cdroms/bootcd
dependall ===> cdroms/bootcd-com
dependall ===> cdroms/installcd
dependall ===> floppies
dependall ===> floppies/bootfloppy
     create  bootfloppy/netbsd (from: 
/u/build/HEAD/obj/amd64/distrib/amd64/instkernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz)
     create  bootfloppy/boot1.fs (from: boot 
/u/build/HEAD/src/distrib/amd64/floppies/common/boot.cfg  netbsd)
pax: Removing leading / from absolute path names in the archive
Running instboot: /u/build/HEAD/tools/amd64/bin/nbinstallboot -mamd64 
floppy.11754.tar /u/build/HEAD/dest/amd64/usr/mdec/bootxx_ustarfs
Free space in last tar block: boot 268, 
/u/build/HEAD/src/distrib/amd64/floppies/common/boot.cfg 46, netbsd 307,
Writing 5603328 bytes (5472 KB) on 4 disks, free space 270336 bytes (264 KB)
Creating disk 1 to boot1.fs
Creating disk 2 to boot2.fs
Creating disk 3 to boot3.fs
Creating disk 4 to boot4.fs
Final result:
-rw-r--r--  1 he  wheel  1474560 Sep  3 16:18 boot1.fs
-rw-r--r--  1 he  wheel  1474560 Sep  3 16:18 boot2.fs
-rw-r--r--  1 he  wheel  1474560 Sep  3 16:18 boot3.fs
-rw-r--r--  1 he  wheel  1204224 Sep  3 16:18 boot4.fs

        You'll note that it dutifully created the new boot floppies,
        but alas, no new bootcd iso image.

        Doing "nbmake-amd64 prepare" in cdroms/bootcd/ does indeed
        copy in the new netbsd INSTALL kernel to the OBJDIR, but
        if I thereafter do an "nbmake-amd64 dependall" in the same
        directory, nothing is done (no new iso image is created).
        I smell a missing dependency tracking allowing UPDATE builds
        to work as intended.

        I'm also somewhat surprised that there's no top-level target
        to build.sh to create the boot images; the iso-image target
        from build.sh bundles up the RELEASEDIR contents, and does not
        pick up the new INSTALL kernel I just built...

>How-To-Repeat:
        See above.

>Fix:
        Sorry, this appears to be above what I'm able to figure out.