Re: port-macppc/53341: ofwboot.xcf unable to boot GENERIC kernel

[Valery Ushakov <uwe%stderr.spb.ru@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-macppc/53341; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Valery Ushakov <uwe%stderr.spb.ru@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-macppc/53341: ofwboot.xcf unable to boot GENERIC kernel
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 02:11:32 +0300

 On Mon, Jun 04, 2018 at 21:35:00 +0000, venture37%geeklan.co.uk@localhost wrote:
 
 > ofwboot.xcf is unable to boot a GENERIC kernel from root UFS
 > partition, system crashes instantly with text scrolling past at a
 > rapid rate (kernel ISI by $someaddress (SRR1 0x4003030), Ir:
 > 0x1001e4)
 [...]
 > ofwboot.elf is happy to boot the system either way, ofwboot.xcf was
 > previously happy to.
 
 This sounds like port-macppc/44895 - some memory allocation numerology
 goes wrong.
 
 -uwe