From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 18 13:00:08 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 230331065679 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:00:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D33F68FC21 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:00:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nAID07aO069262 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:00:07 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nAID07Yd069248; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:00:07 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:00:07 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200911181300.nAID07Yd069248@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Kenneth Vestergaard Schmidt Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F027B106568B for ; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:55:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE8578FC08 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:55:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nAICt9Ye057202 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:55:09 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nAICt9dT057189; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:55:09 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200911181255.nAICt9dT057189@www.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:55:09 GMT From: Kenneth Vestergaard Schmidt To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:01:20 +0000 Cc: Subject: amd64/140661: /boot/loader fails to work on a GPT/ZFS-only system on both 8.0-RC2 and RC3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:00:08 -0000 >Number: 140661 >Category: amd64 >Synopsis: /boot/loader fails to work on a GPT/ZFS-only system on both 8.0-RC2 and RC3 >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-amd64 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Nov 18 13:00:07 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Kenneth Vestergaard Schmidt >Release: 8.0-RC2 >Organization: pil.dk >Environment: FreeBSD mckusick.pil.dk 8.0-RC2 FreeBSD 8.0-RC2 #0: Fri Oct 30 17:04:18 CET 2009 root@mckusick.pil.dk:/usr/obj/dana/src/freebsd8/src/sys/MCKUSICK amd64 >Description: Two machines tested, and both fail. Both installed according to http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot but one of them with an added disk in a mirror. Both installed and working as 8.0-RC1. Both fail after upgrading to 8.0-RC2, and ditto when trying 8.0-RC3. Upon booting, the following messages are visible just prior to an automatic reboot: Can't work out which disk we are booting from. Guessed BIOS device 0xffffffff not found by probes, defaulting to disk0: ficl-s not found Assertion failed: (FALSE), function ficlCompileSoftCore, file softcore.c, line 428. /boot/loader.conf contains: zfs_load="YES" vfs.root.mountfrom="zfs:pil" mckusick# zpool get bootfs pil NAME PROPERTY VALUE SOURCE pil bootfs pil local >How-To-Repeat: Upgrade to something newer than 8.0-RC1. Reboot. >Fix: Downgrade /boot/loader to the one from 8.0-RC1. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: