In article <438395A6.8040600@broadcom.com>
alexp@broadcom.com wrote:

> My problem is that I can't build a kernel that would be loaded over the 
> network with CoLo or builtin bootloader.

I think it's bootloader's problem, so there is nothing to do
on netbsd kernels.

> Somehow the kernels that work 
> from hard disk do not work when loaded over the network. The difference 
> is that from hard disk they are booted with ntbsd bootloader and from 
> the network with colo or builtin bootloader.

I don't know about colo, but builtin bootloader can load
only small kernels:
http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/cobalt/faq.html#kernel
so GENERIC won't boot with it though INSTALL kernel works for me.

> Kernel 1.6.1 that is on the restore cd can be booted with colo. Also all 
> the GENERIC kernels I tryed including 3.0, 2.1, 1.6.2, booted with colo. 
> Some to the root mounting others to some earlier point.

2.x and 3.x kernels have more sections than 1.6.x, so
it might cause problem, but I'm not sure.

# size -Ax /netbsd
/netbsd  :
section                        size         addr
.text                      0x153b10   0x80001000
.rodata                     0x22f70   0x80154b10
link_set_pools                 0xf8   0x80177a80
link_set_domains               0x10   0x80177b78
link_set_sysctl_funcs          0x84   0x80177b88
link_set_vfsops                0x14   0x80177c0c
link_set_malloc_types          0xf8   0x80177c20
link_set_dkwedge_methods        0x4   0x80177d18
link_set_bufq_strats            0xc   0x80177d1c
link_set_evcnts                0x3c   0x80177d28
link_set_vfs_hooks              0x4   0x80177d64
.reginfo                       0x18   0x80177d68
.data                        0x5ce0   0x80177d80
.sdata                         0x10   0x8017da60
.bss                         0xf068   0x8017da70
.pdr                        0x1ef60          0x0
.mdebug.abi32                   0x0          0x0
.comment                     0x3408          0x0
.ident                       0x467a          0x0
Total                      0x1b24ba


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