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Date:      Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:02:35 +0100
From:      rank1seeker@gmail.com
To:        hackers@freebsd.org, "John Baldwin" <jhb@freebsd.org>, "Roman Divacky" <rdivacky@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: BUG: 9.0 stage 2 boot (/boot/boot)
Message-ID:  <20120301.200235.040.1@DOMY-PC>
In-Reply-To: <201202291605.08267.jhb@freebsd.org>
References:  <20120217.074355.853.1@DOMY-PC> <201202291127.00209.jhb@freebsd.org> <20120229.200836.168.1@DOMY-PC> <201202291605.08267.jhb@freebsd.org>

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----- Original Message -----=0D=0AFrom: John Baldwin =
<jhb@freebsd.org>=0D=0ATo: rank1seeker@gmail.com=0D=0ACc: =
hackers@freebsd.org, "Roman Divacky" <rdivacky@freebsd.org>=0D=0ADate: =
Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:05:08 -0500=0D=0ASubject: Re: BUG: 9.0 stage 2 boot =
(/boot/boot)=0D=0A=0D=0A> On Wednesday, February 29, 2012 3:08:36 pm =
rank1seeker@gmail.com wrote:=0D=0A> > ----- Original Message -----=0D=0A> =
> From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>=0D=0A> > To: =
rank1seeker@gmail.com=0D=0A> > Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, "Roman Divacky" =
<rdivacky@freebsd.org>=0D=0A> > Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:26:59 =
-0500=0D=0A> > Subject: Re: BUG: 9.0 stage 2 boot (/boot/boot)=0D=0A> > =
=0D=0A> > > On Tuesday, February 28, 2012 3:09:06 pm =
rank1seeker@gmail.com wrote:=0D=0A> > > > ----- Original Message =
-----=0D=0A> > > > From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>=0D=0A> > > > To: =
rank1seeker@gmail.com=0D=0A> > > > Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, "Roman =
Divacky" <rdivacky@freebsd.org>=0D=0A> > > > Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 =
11:23:59 -0500=0D=0A> > > > Subject: Re: BUG: 9.0 stage 2 boot =
(/boot/boot)=0D=0A> > > > =0D=0A> > > > > On Saturday, February 25, 2012 =
9:41:48 am rank1seeker@gmail.com wrote:=0D=0A> > > > > > > Do you only =
see the "No " message?  Do you see the '/boot.config: /loader'=0D=0A> > > =
> > > > message?  (Do you have RBX_QUIET enabled perhaps? (-q))  Do you =
get the actual=0D=0A> > > > > > > boot2 prompt at all?=0D=0A> > > > > > =
=0D=0A> > > > > > I don't have RBX_QUIET enabled nor any other =
flags=0D=0A> > > > > > =0D=0A> > > > > > Let the pic tell a story:=0D=0A> =
> > > > > http://www.starforce.biz/stage2boot.jpg=0D=0A>; > > > > =0D=0A> =
> > > > Ahh, this is helpful.  You do see the '/boot.config: /loader' =
message.=0D=0A> > > > =0D=0A> > > > I've already explained that, numerous =
times (RE-typing ...)=0D=0A> > > =0D=0A> > > It was not as obvious =
before, and you are seeing a failure that no one else=0D=0A> > > has =
reported, so you need to be patient.=0D=0A> > > =0D=0A> > > > > > Patch =
eliminates possible error, of manual "intervention"=0D=0A> > > > > > That =
is, a perfectly valid patch being classified as invalid.=0D=0A> > > > > =
=0D=0A> > > > > I have no idea what you mean here.  However, it seems you =
don't have junk in=0D=0A> > > > > your 'opts' variable anyway.=0D=0A> > > =
> =0D=0A> > > > What I meant was that I won't manually(edit file) apply =
patch, but via 'patch' tool/bin.=0D=0A> > > =0D=0A> > > Ok.=0D=0A> > > =
=0D=0A> > > > > Hmm, you could try adding some more debugging to boot2.c =
to see exactly what=0D=0A> > > > > is failing.  For example, does the =
first call to 'parse()' fail and clear=0D=0A> > > > > autoboot?=0D=0A> > =
> > =0D=0A> > > > I don't do nor understand c code.=0D=0A> > > =0D=0A> > =
> Ok.  That will take a bit longer to fix, but that is ok.  I've attached =
a new=0D=0A> > > patch with some debugging output.  It shouldn't fix the =
problem yet, but I want=0D=0A> > > to see if any of the new messages are =
output, and when they are output.=0D=0A> > > =0D=0A> > > > How could it =
silently loose documented functionality?=0D=0A> > > =0D=0A> > > Several =
changes were made to boot2 to make it smaller so it could be compiled =
with=0D=0A> > > clang, and it seems that at least one of those changes =
must have had a bug.=0D=0A> > > =0D=0A> > > -- =0D=0A> > > John =
Baldwin=0D=0A> > >=0D=0A> > =0D=0A> > =0D=0A> > Patch fails at 9.0 =
RELEASE: (Is this for 9 STABLE?)=0D=0A> =0D=0A> Nope, patch was made =
against a 9.0 tree:=0D=0A> =0D=0A> % svn info .=0D=0A> Path: .=0D=0A> =
URL: svn+ssh://svn.freebsd.org/base/releng/9.0/sys=0D=0A> Repository =
Root: svn+ssh://svn.freebsd.org/base=0D=0A> Repository UUID: =
ccf9f872-aa2e-dd11-9fc8-001c23d0bc1f=0D=0A> Revision: 232297=0D=0A> Node =
Kind: directory=0D=0A> Schedule: normal=0D=0A> Last Changed Author: =
kensmith=0D=0A> Last Changed Rev: 229283=0D=0A> Last Changed Date: =
2012-01-02 09:45:30 -0500 (Mon, 02 Jan 2012)=0D=0A> =0D=0A> % svn stat =
boot/i386/boot2=0D=0A> M       boot/i386/boot2/boot2.c=0D=0A> =0D=0A> % =
svn diff boot/i386/boot2 | md5=0D=0A> =
888f90f32bd20d1bf7e2d3277d9b697b=0D=0A> =0D=0A> And the file I sent to =
you before:=0D=0A> =0D=0A> % md5 ~/work/patches/boot2_test.patch =0D=0A> =
MD5 (/home/jhb/work/patches/boot2_test.patch) =3D =
888f90f32bd20d1bf7e2d3277d9b697b=0D=0A> =0D=0A> > I'll give you a hint =
(which I've mentioned at start)=0D=0A> > =0D=0A> > In order to expose =
bug, 2 conditions have to be met:=0D=0A> >    1) boot.config in =
use=0D=0A> >    2) daX device (i.e; USB stick)=0D=0A> > =0D=0A> > That is =
...=0D=0A> > I've created vnode image. Then, ... when I 'dd' it to HDD's =
slice, it boots.=0D=0A> > BUT when I 'dd' it to USB's slice it =
hangs.=0D=0A> =0D=0A> USB booting uses a different chunk of BIOS code, =
and it may be doing different=0D=0A> things which result in uninitialized =
memory having different values (e.g. the=0D=0A> cmd[] array).=0D=0A> =
=0D=0A> -- =0D=0A> John Baldwin=0D=0A> =0D=0A=0D=0AUsing new:=0D=0AMD5 =
(boot2_test.patch) =3D 01cc3a9dda1f1ecbd5125092ebccc476=0D=0A=0D=0AResult =
is:=0D=0Ahttp://www.starforce.biz/stage2boot.jpg=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0ADomagoj =
Smol=E8i=E6=0D=0A



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