Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 20:48:01 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 196575] Need methods to write to disk from powerpc loader Message-ID: <bug-196575-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=196575 Bug ID: 196575 Summary: Need methods to write to disk from powerpc loader Product: Base System Version: 11.0-CURRENT Hardware: ppc OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: misc Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: jhibbits@FreeBSD.org The PowerPC loader doesn't currently support writing to disk from the loader. This causes 'nextboot -k' to always boot the next kernel, unless explicitly unloaded, whereas on i386 once the test kernel is loaded, the behavior is reverted back to the default kernel, in case of failure. On powerpc (32-bit) the kernel can be unloaded, which reduces the impact of this issue, but on powerpc64, unloading the kernel doesn't completely work, so loading a new kernel does not work, and panics or load failures ensue. Of course, this itself should be fixed, to allow unloading, but that's another problem entirely. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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