Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 21:23:40 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: Doug Rabson <dfr@freebsd.org>, alpha@freebsd.org Subject: RE: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/alpha/common main.c src/sys/boot/al Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010262121160.256-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.001026114827.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 25-Oct-00 Doug Rabson wrote: > > dfr 2000/10/25 16:36:02 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > sys/boot/alpha/common main.c > > sys/boot/alpha/libalpha start.S > > Log: > > Move the call to extend_heap() from main to start so that if our BSS > > expands beyond the limit we will extend the address space before trying > > to zero the BSS. This should give us plenty of headroom for modest > > expansion of the loader. > > My loader still doesn't boot on my Miata. :( It hangs claiming that it executed > the HALT instruction (not that it actually died with a stack fault like before > though): > > ... > Loading /boot/loader > / > halted CPU 0 > > halt code = 5 > HALT instruction executed > PC = 2000a0c0 > boot failure > >>> Now that I think about it, its obvious that this is caused by Matt's change to the load address of /boot/loader which in retrospect was a bad move since it hoses people who do a 'make world' without relabelling. Actually we should probably back that out since potentially many people could lose with that one in a way which is difficult to fix without a full reinstall. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Phone: +44 20 8348 6160 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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