Re: port-macppc/55462: 9.0 MP kernel does not boot on dual-cpu PowerMac G4

[ky0ko%disroot.org@localhost]

i can now confirm that a -current kernel does fix the issue (and a 9.0_STABLE kernel does not)

July 6, 2020 3:15 AM, "David H. Gutteridge" <david%gutteridge.ca@localhost> wrote:

> The following reply was made to PR port-macppc/55462; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: "David H. Gutteridge" <david%gutteridge.ca@localhost>
> To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
> Cc: 
> Subject: Re: port-macppc/55462: 9.0 MP kernel does not boot on dual-cpu
> PowerMac G4
> Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2020 06:13:39 -0400
> 
> On Mon, 06 Jul 2020 at 04:16:23 +0000, ky0ko wrote:
>> I'm not seeing the same symptoms as described in that PR - my second CPU =
>> seems to initialize normally and everything about the boot seems to be go=
>> ing correctly until the kernel simply stops progressing (but is clearly s=
>> till alive). I'll build a -current kernel and test it, though.
> 
> Sorry, to clarify, that PR covered more than one issue. What I'm
> referring to was noted in my email of 07 Jul 2019, where I stated:
> "a non-debug MP kernel fails to complete booting. It hangs before
> running /sbin/init. It continues to process hardware-related events
> (e.g., I can unplug and plug in USB devices, and it continues to
> handle these correctly), but otherwise just stalls, without any
> output to indicate why." That no longer occurred for me the last time
> I tested -current, but I encountered PR 55326 instead.
> 
> Dave