Re: port-prep/54346: NetBSD/prep does not work in qemu since NetBSD-4.0

[Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-prep/54346; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-prep/54346: NetBSD/prep does not work in qemu since
 NetBSD-4.0
Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2019 13:28:51 +0200

 On 06.07.2019 12:58, Kamil Rytarowski wrote:
 > On 06.07.2019 12:50, Martin Husemann wrote:
 >> The following reply was made to PR port-prep/54346; it has been noted b=
 y GNATS.
 >>
 >> From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
 >> To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
 >> Cc:
 >> Subject: Re: port-prep/54346: NetBSD/prep does not work in qemu since
 >>  NetBSD-4.0
 >> Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2019 12:48:06 +0200
 >>
 >>  On Sat, Jul 06, 2019 at 09:10:01AM +0000, Kamil Rytarowski wrote:
 >>  >  NetBSD/prep 4.0 is the last version that boots in qemu.
 >>
 >>  A first step to make the PR contain usefull information (instead of a =
 pretty
 >>  much useless patch to the emulator's test suite) would be to state how=
  a
 >>  newer version fails booting on qemu.
 >>
 >>  Martin
 >>
 >>
 >
 > The patch for qemu is the reproducer of how it was checked (and reported
 > in that thread).
 >
 > This report does not contain investigation. I've stored it here to keep
 > track of it in gnats.
 >
 
 This PR is for awareness that Qemu upstream picked 4.0 because they
 couldn't get any newer version to work.
 
 If somebody could step in and fix it, and help upstream to upgrade to an
 alive version of NetBSD, it is welcome.