Re: ofwboot.xcf problem (port-macppc/44895)

[Valery Ushakov <uwe%stderr.spb.ru@localhost>]

On Sun, Jun 04, 2017 at 11:06:41 -0400, Michael wrote:

> On Fri, 2 Jun 2017 23:33:20 +0300
> Valery Ushakov <uwe%stderr.spb.ru@localhost> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Jun 02, 2017 at 21:08:24 +0200, Havard Eidnes wrote:
> > 
> > > >> The workaround is already in -6 and -7 and it's called ofwboot.elf :)  
> > > 
> > > Well, the installation notes say
> > > 
> > >   Note:
> > >   ofwboot.elf is obsoleted.  All users should be using ofwboot.xcf
> > >   instead of ofwboot.elf now.
> > > 
> > > and there's no other mention of ofwboot.elf.  If that note is no
> > > longer true, the documentation should be updated.  
> > 
> > Do we have a portmaster that is not AWOL? :)
> 
> Awful, but not AWOL ;)
> I'll update the docs as soon as
> - there is clear consent what works where - to me it looks like
>   ofwboot.xcf works on old world machines, some new world machines need
>   ofwboot.elf. Does that match everyone's experiences? Do we need to
>   put ofwboot.elf on the install ISOs?

Sevan says that his mini is happy with the xcoff, which makes the
puzzle even more interesting.

Debugging this without a serial console is a bit of a pain.  E.g. I
have some free time now, but I'm physically away from the machine, so
I can't do anyhting.  IIRC there's an option to replace the modem card
with normal serial port.  Is it standard or does that require a custom
board?

Compilng ofwboot with libsa's alloc seems to work on the mini.  We
might want to commit this and pull up to -6 and -7.  Portmaster's
call, I'd say.

Installation cd has ofwboot and ofwboot.xcf in the root, but
ofwboot.xcf and ofwboot.elf in /macppc/installation - is that
intended?  We should probably put all three in both places. 

-uwe