Re: pkg/46788: memtestplus does not boot stand-alone on amd64

["OBATA Akio" <obache%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/46788; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "OBATA Akio" <obache%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: pkg/46788: memtestplus does not boot stand-alone on amd64
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 22:14:05 +0900

 On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 22:01:14 +0900, Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost> 
wrote:
 
 >> I have an older version of memtestplus installed, which still boots
 >> successfully under -current.  The older, working image is from about one 
 >> year
 >> ago, and the size of that working image is similar to the size of the new
 >> memtestplus.bin file:
 >>
 >> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   162084 Aug 12  2011 /memtestplus
 >> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  1210660 Aug  9 06:38 /memtestplus.new
 >> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   164504 Aug  9 06:38 /memtestplus.new.bin
 >>
 >> Booting memtestplus (old image) works.
 >> Booting memtestplus.new         fails and resets the machine
 >> Booting memtestplus.new.bin     "Inappropriate file type or format"
 >
 >
 > Please also note the following:
 >
 > # file /mem*
 > /memtestplus:         ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1
 > (SYSV), statically linked, stripped
 > /memtestplus.new:     ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1
 > (SYSV), statically linked, stripped
 > /memtestplus.new.bin: Linux x86 kernel
 >
 > The old, working file "memtestplus" is about 160kb in size, and is
 > tagged as an ELF executable.
 >
 > Howver, for the new files, the ".new.bin" file is about the same size
 > but is a Linux kernel.  The ".new" file is the correct type, but is much
 > larger in size.
 >
 > It almost looks like the package installation procedures got the two
 > files somehow "confused".  :)
 
 On my NetBSD-5.1(amd64)
 166180 memtestplus
 164504 memtestplus.bin
 So two binaries should be almost same size.
 
 I don't know why but I feel that just your `memtestplus.new' is too big (and 
broken?)
 
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