Re: Problems on TS-101

[Oscar Molin <oscarmolin%gmail.com@localhost>]

I tested it and it works. Good job.

/Oscar

2011/10/31 Frank Wille <frank%phoenix.owl.de@localhost>:
> On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:22:24 +0200
> Oscar Molin <oscarmolin%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
>> What's your guess? Is altboot overwriting its own memory space?
>
> I think I found the problem with altboot!
>
> It is not the compiler, although gcc 4.1.3 seemed to hide the bug
> a little better, but a bug which had always been there in altboot and
> could have been the source for multiple instabilities:
>
> We had forgotten to disable interrupts when starting altboot! This may
> have some unpleasant effects, as U-Boot's exception handlers are still
> in place.
>
> The new version seems rock-solid. Please try it:
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/phx/sandpoint/altboot.bin.gz
>
> --
> Frank Wille
>