Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:30:35 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Hiroki Sato <hrs@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: loader(8) readin failed on 7.2R and later including 8.0R Message-ID: <200912071030.36016.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20091206.141636.95084294.hrs@allbsd.org> References: <200912041035.59173.jhb@freebsd.org> <20091205.184250.201700943.hrs@allbsd.org> <20091206.141636.95084294.hrs@allbsd.org>
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On Sunday 06 December 2009 12:16:36 am Hiroki Sato wrote: > Hiroki Sato <hrs@freebsd.org> wrote > in <20091205.184250.201700943.hrs@allbsd.org>: > > hr> A summary so far is: > hr> > hr> 1) a <8MB 7.1R kernel + stock 8.0R loader > hr> 2a) a >8MB 8.0R kernel + stock 8.0R loader > hr> 2b) a >8MB 8.0R kernel + 8.0R loader with LOADER_NO_GPT_SUPPORT=yes > hr> 2c) a >8MB 8.0R kernel + loader with your patch > hr> 3a) a <8MB 8.0R kernel + stock 8.0R loader > hr> 3b) a <8MB 8.0R kernel + 8.0R loader with LOADER_NO_GPT_SUPPORT=yes > hr> 3c) a <8MB 8.0R kernel + loader with your patch > > Grr, I double-checked how it got stuck, then I found the console > redirect was disabled because of an old device.hints. The revised > summary is: > > loading text loading syms boot > 1) OK OK OK > 2a) "readin failed" - - > 2b) OK "skipped!" OK > 2c) OK "skipped!" OK > 3a) OK OK OK > 3b) OK OK OK > 3c) OK OK OK > > So, the case 2c shows that your patch solves the problem in the case > 2a. Thank you! :) > > Loading >8MB kernel works now, but loading syms sections still fails > even in the case 2c. Ok. Your system's SMAP is kind of weird (it has a very small region above 1MB, so it may not deal well with "large" kernels, though I thought it had enough room for at least a 12MB kernel. Hmm, the size of the kernel file may be deceptive though since it does not include BSS. I wonder if it is trying to load the symbols after the BSS. -- John Baldwin
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