Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 19:42:59 -0500 From: Bill Sorenson <instructionset@gmail.com> To: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Booting a new kernel after "make installkernel" Message-ID: <CACcTwY=wft299R738atrPjrYgLUrOaWHbyxa8XzEaY=zM4jsYw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CACcTwYnDNAx8fHDBVxYD-XLVuRyz2oQSYKUdXH_8wzgDNZ=knw@mail.gmail.com> References: <570D4E09.1000700@codelibre.net> <CACcTwY=SiM7bvmkt-0sSH_CfS1oNiEOB65xSk024zCxme38O9Q@mail.gmail.com> <570EE30D.5060506@codelibre.net> <CACcTwYnDNAx8fHDBVxYD-XLVuRyz2oQSYKUdXH_8wzgDNZ=knw@mail.gmail.com>
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If this fixes your problem I'll file a bug report. I've been working on coming up with a real patch to properly fix this in my spare time. Thanks, Bill S. On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 7:37 PM, Bill Sorenson <instructionset@gmail.com> wrote: > Hopefully this makes sense. What i want you to do is replace > "sys/dev/ofw/ofw_iicbus.c" in 10.3 with the "sys/dev/ofw/ofw_iicbus.c" from > 10.2. There was a commit about 2 months ago to 10-stable and now 10.3 that > I think broke the way Open Firmware machines read temp sensors, so your > kernel wont boot because it thinks your system is overheating and resets. > > If you check out 10.3 and copy the 10.2 ofw_iicbus.c over into the tree > replacing the newer one, I'll bet you'll build and boot fine. > > If it solves your problem I'll know I'm on the right track. (I think the > breakage is actually in a driver somewhere, and the fix to ofw_iicbus.c > caused a regression). > > Anyway, you should be able to just try building the kernel rather than the > whole system if you want to save time. Especially if your 10.3 userland > already booted back up with your kernel.old before. > > Thanks, > Bill S. > > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 7:23 PM, Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net> wrote: > >> I've retried with 10.2-releng (r297915) built from a 10.2-RELEASE-p0 >> install, and it built and rebooted just fine, now on p14. It took 14 >> hours, but great success! >> >> I'd be happy to retry with 10.3 or 11 either vanilla or with any patches >> you'd like testing. >> >> >> Thanks, >> Roger >> >> On 12/04/2016 20:41, Bill Sorenson wrote: >> >>> I have had an issue with 10.3 on PowerPC that causes an unbootable >>> situation. Try 10.2-releng and if that works I have something for you to >>> try. >>> >>> On Apr 12, 2016 2:36 PM, "Roger Leigh" <rleigh@codelibre.net >>> <mailto:rleigh@codelibre.net>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi folks, >>> >>> Sorry for the awfully naive question, but I've tried on several >>> occasions to build world using the instructions here: >>> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/makeworld.html >>> >>> They work fine on amd64, but on powerpc I'm always left with an >>> unbootable system. It looks like it can't load or boot the kernel. >>> I've not customised anything; I've been trying to build 10.x-stable. >>> >>> My previous experience was on Debian which required running yaboot >>> to update the Open Firmware bootloader configuration. Are there any >>> additional steps required on FreeBSD/powerpc which aren't in the >>> generic instructions? >>> >> >> >
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