From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Aug 13 10:26:52 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from smtp7.xs4all.nl (smtp7.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76C9237B408; Mon, 13 Aug 2001 10:26:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp7.xs4all.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA10529; Mon, 13 Aug 2001 19:26:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.4/8.11.4) id f7DHQcN36416; Mon, 13 Aug 2001 19:26:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 19:26:38 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Mike Smith Cc: Andrew Gallatin , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AlphaServer 4100 boot/install problem Message-ID: <20010813192638.A36352@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20010813081521.A34999@freebie.xs4all.nl> <200108130623.f7D6Ns203390@mass.dis.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200108130623.f7D6Ns203390@mass.dis.org>; from msmith@FreeBSD.ORG on Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 11:23:54PM -0700 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 11:23:54PM -0700, Mike Smith wrote: > > > Please, try using 'more' in the loader to read a large (>8k) text > > > document from somewhere; one of the loader's 4th files would do it. Make > > > sure it looks right. > > > > OK, I tried: > > > > 'more' on src/checksum.md5 > > > > I don't see any anomalies in the display of more. > > Ok. Next step, put some diagnostics in > sys/boot/common/load_elf.c:elf_loadfile(), every place that it returns Is this the correct function? I don't seem to have it. Might it be you mean: /* * Attempt to load the file (file) as an ELF module. It will be stored at * (dest), and a pointer to a module structure describing the loaded object * will be saved in (result). */ int elf_loadmodule(char *filename, vm_offset_t dest, struct loaded_module **result) > nonzero, print out a unique message. If you can, have a look at the > reason it's returning nonzero and print out the significant items there. > > This should help narrow things down a bit further. -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message