From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 13 10:40:01 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 CA6B51065676 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:40:01 +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 8CE198FC21 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:40:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n0DAe1S5012138 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:40:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n0DAe169012137; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:40:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:40:01 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200901131040.n0DAe169012137@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, "Felix J. Ogris" Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D5D7106566B for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:38:27 +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 4D1778FC08 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:38:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n0DAcQVo066579 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:38:26 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n0DAcQx2066577; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:38:26 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200901131038.n0DAcQx2066577@www.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:38:26 GMT From: "Felix J. Ogris" To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:19:19 +0000 Cc: Subject: amd64/130494: netbooting BTX fails on amd64 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: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:40:02 -0000 >Number: 130494 >Category: amd64 >Synopsis: netbooting BTX fails on amd64 >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-amd64 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Jan 13 10:40:01 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Felix J. Ogris >Release: 7.1-RELEASE amd64 >Organization: DTS Systeme GmbH >Environment: not possible due to BTX loader issues (see full description below) >Description: Hi, I am trying to netboot 7.1 amd64 on bare metal systems (HP blade class) and within VMware ESXi. In both scenarios I use PXE to boot memdisk from the Syslinux project which then loads a FreeBSD harddisk image. This disk image contains the BTX loader (as created by "bsdlabel -w -B") and the /boot directory from the 7.1-RELEASE-bootonly.iso. Booting this fails with various errors. Either the BTX halts and dumps CPU registers until the machine is reset, or BTX stops after loading text segment and powers off the machine after a while. Booting 7.0-RELEASE amd64 this way works fine, as 7.1-RELEASE i386 and 7.0-RELEASE i386 does. CD boot works fine for all 4 releases. Don't hesitate to contact me by mail if you need further info, dumps, etc. Regards Felix >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: