Re: port-amd64/51279: bootxx_ffsv2 hangs

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-amd64/51279; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: port-amd64/51279: bootxx_ffsv2 hangs
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 04:33:35 +0000

 On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 07:25:00PM +0000, bsiegert%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
  > NetBSD/x86 ffsv2 Primary Bootstrap
  > 
  > Then it hangs.
  > 
  > I can successfully boot from a USB stick (which uses bootxx_ffsv1)
  > and enter "boot hd1a:/netbsd" to boot the installed system.
 
 Hrm... it is odd, because bootxx_ffsv1 and bootxx_ffsv2 are almost
 identical. I would have guessed that the problem is actually somewhere
 very early in kernel initialization... except that if you can boot the
 same kernel image with bootxx_ffsv1, it can't be.
 
 Is the usb stick from the same build? And do you still have the
 objects from that build lying around?
 
 (In general bootxx_ffsv1 won't work on an ffsv2, either, so I'm sort
 of surprised the usb stick can read the volume...)
 
 (of course, the problem could be: the volume isn't actually ffsv2, and
 in that case maybe that's why bootxx_ffsv2 can't read it... though
 you'd expect errors rather than wedging.)
 
 -- 
 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost