Subject: Re: Almost ready inline kernel booter
To: Makoto Fujiwara <makoto@ki.nu>
From: Daniel Jacobowitz <youngdrow@geocities.com>
List: port-powerpc
Date: 01/10/1998 00:08:49
Makoto Fujiwara wrote:
> 
>                                      Sat Jan 10 13:04:31 1998
>                                                  makoto@ki.nu
>                                                  Chiba, Japan
> drow> support for kernels embedded in the XCOFF file.  It's almost ready - one
> drow> PMac specific bug left, I think.  It default catches when reading the
> drow> xcoff headers, after "Beginning image search."
> 
> I think I got it
> 
> Open Firmware, 2.0.2

*green with envy*

Much nicer than 1.0.5 apparently.


> To continue booting the MacOS type:
> BYE<return>
> To continue booting from the default boot device type:
> BOOT<return>
>  ok
> 0 > boot fd:netbsd.xcf loading XCOFF
> tsize=BFB0 dsize=9D4 bsize=16D0 entry=20000
> SECTIONS:
> .text    00020000 00020000 0000BFB0 00000124
> .data    0002C000 0002C000 000009D4 0000C0D4
> .bss     0002C9D8 0002C9D8 000016D0 00000000
> .note    0002E490 0002E490 00000028 0000CAA8
> netbsd   00000000 00000000 000FF250 0000CAD0
> loading .text, done..
> loading .data, done..
> clearing .bss, done..
> >> NetBSD/powerpc OpenFirmware Boot, Revision 1.3
> >> (drow@mindcryme, Fri Jan  9 16:51:02 EST 1998)
> Beginning image search.
> DEFAULT CATCH!, code=FFF00300 at   %SRR0: 0002B050   %SRR1: 00003070
>  ok
> 0 >


That's it all right with one big exception -  I don't get %SRR0 and %SRR1.
I don't recall just what they are, but I'm guessing 2B050 is where it's
dying; off to look at that point.

Dan