Subject: Re: kernel loading problems on macppc, was CVS commit: syssrc/sys/arch/macppc/stand/ofwboot
To: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 09/20/2002 11:32:36
On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 09:02:03PM -0700, Bill Studenmund wrote:

 > The only difference I found is libsa's assumes you can allocate memory by
 > grabbing it above the loader, while macppc's called OF_claim to get it.
 > Could others please check this (in libsa's look at the use of the top
 > pointer)?

The OF_claim() is required.

We perhaps ought to have some machdep hooks that allow the libsa alloc()
to do this sort of thing.

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>