cyber@NetBSD.org wrote:

> I know it can be easily fixed.  I added the ability to boot off the
> second device to begin with.  As such, I was a little torqued about
> the regression, because I was actually *using* that feature.

BTW, it simply works with "nbsd=wd1a:netbsd" arg:

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16.RTC Test................................PASS

Cobalt: bfd /boot/vmlinux.gz root=/dev/hdb1 nbsd=wd1a:netbsd
Decompressing done
Decompressing - done.

>> NetBSD/cobalt 4.0_BETA2 Bootloader, Revision 0.1 [@0x80f00000]
>> (builds@b0.netbsd.org, Tue Jul 17 07:05:16 UTC 2007)
>> Memory:              65536 k
>> PROM boot string:    root=/dev/hda1 ro root=/dev/hdb1 nbsd=wd1a:netbsd 
Boot [wd1a:netbsd]: 
Loading: wd1a:netbsd
3442320+185988 [186848+181872]=0x3d0158
Starting at 0x80001000

Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
    The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

NetBSD 4.0_BETA2 (GENERIC) #0: Tue Jul 17 07:36:09 UTC 2007
        builds@b0.netbsd.org:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-4/cobalt/200707160000Z-obj/home/builds/ab/netbsd-4/src/sys/arch/cobalt/compile/GENERIC
Cobalt RaQ

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wd0 at atabus0 drive 0: <Maxtor 6Y080P0>
wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
wd0: 78167 MB, 158816 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 160086528 sectors
wd0: 32-bit data port
wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 6 (Ultra/133)
wd1 at atabus0 drive 1: <QUANTUM FIREBALL EL10.2A>
wd1: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
wd1: 9787 MB, 19885 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 20044080 sectors
wd1: 32-bit data port
wd1: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (Ultra/33)
wd0(viaide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (Ultra/33) (using DMA)
wd1(viaide0:0:1): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (Ultra/33) (using DMA)
boot device: wd1
root on wd1a dumps on wd1b
root file system type: ffs
WARNING: clock gained 19 days
WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!

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Do you mean bootloader should also parse "root=/dev/hdb1" arg?
(it's trivial anyway since current kernel has the code)

> One should be able to control ALL the options from the raq's firmware
> prompt.

Could you please show ALL possible options which should be controled?
I'm not familiar with cobalt itself. ("nfsroot=/foo"?)
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Izumi Tsutsui