Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 22:28:51 +0800 From: Deng XueFeng <dsnofe@yahoo.com.cn> To: noackjr@alumni.rice.edu Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CPUTYPE?=athlon-xp breaks loader (was Re: instant reboot when trying to load recent RELENG_5 kernel) Message-ID: <20041031222154.50A5.DSNOFE@yahoo.com.cn> In-Reply-To: <7559.69.53.57.66.1099229168.squirrel@69.53.57.66> References: <20041031194121.FE2D.DSNOFE@yahoo.com.cn> <7559.69.53.57.66.1099229168.squirrel@69.53.57.66>
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> On up-to-date RELENG_5_3, compiling the loader with CPUTYPE?=athlon-xp
> results in an instant reboot when the loader attempts to load a kernel.
> As the loader will preload the default kernel before presenting the boot
> prompt, there is a reboot before you even get to the boot prompt... The
> end result is an unworkable install. I do not see this issue on my
> Pentium III and Pentium IV systems (using "p3" and "p4" for CPUTYPE,
> respectively), although there is a similar problem reported on a Pentium M
> (have not verified CPUTYPE is being used, however).
>
> I first noticed this issue on October 15th. My previous build on October
> 12th worked fine. At the time I was tracking RELENG_5, but prior to that
> I was tracking HEAD.
>
> If other folks with Athlon XPs (or Pentium Ms) could give this a shot that
> would be great. It would be good to know if it's a real problem or just
> my system.
>
> Thanks,
> Jon
seems like: (I use DV get something, but not clear, then i found the
message in dfbsd news, so put it here)
BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01
Console: internal video/keyboard
int=0000000d err=00000000 efl=00030206 eip=0000432e
eax=00008001 ebx=00000700 ecx=00000000 edx=0000009f
esi=00000b34 edi=00000008 ebp=00000000 esp=000003de
cs=f000 ds=3ae1 es=3ac4 fs=0000 gs=0000 ss=9e3d
cs:eip=2e 0f 01 16 48 44 0f 20-c0 0c 01 0f 22 c0 b8 30
00 8e c0 0f 20 c0 24 fe-0f 22 c0 eb 00 66 58 c3
ss:esp=01 80 00 00 39 42 08 00-00 00 34 0b 00 00 00 00
00 00 04 04 00 00 00 07-00 00 9f 00 00 00 00 00
BTX halted
--
Deng XueFeng <dsnofe@yahoo.com.cn>
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