NetBSD Problem Report #36891

From kei@sara.machdep.org  Mon Sep  3 22:27:43 2007
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 06:18:43 +0900 (JST)
From: kei@NetBSD.org
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Subject: NetBSD-current 4.99.1 or later don't boot on PowerBook G4 (late 2004)
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>Number:         36891
>Category:       port-macppc
>Synopsis:       NetBSD-current 4.99.1 or later don't boot on PowerBook G4.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    port-macppc-maintainer
>State:          closed
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Sep 03 22:30:00 +0000 2007
>Closed-Date:    Fri Oct 15 02:52:07 +0000 2010
>Last-Modified:  Fri Oct 15 02:52:07 +0000 2010
>Originator:     kei@NetBSD.org
>Release:        NetBSD 4.99.1 or later
>Organization:
	individual
>Environment:


System: NetBSD sara.machdep.org 3.99.24 NetBSD 3.99.24 (GENERIC) #0: Wed Aug 15 12:53:01 JST 2007 kei@sara.machdep.org:/var/work/obj/macppc/usr/src/sys/arch/macppc/compile/GENERIC macppc
Architecture: powerpc
Machine: macppc
>Description:
	the above is last version which can boot on my PowerBook G4.  After
	G5 support is incorporated, it don't boot.
>How-To-Repeat:
	copy current kernel into harddrive or CD, then try to boot from it.
>Fix:
	unknown.

	a result of ofctl -p on my machine and kernels my own built
	kernels are put here.

	ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/kei/macppc/ofctl-p-PBG4
	ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/kei/macppc/netbsd-3.99.24.gz
	ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/kei/macppc/netbsd-4.99.1.gz

	3.99.24 is working kernel and 4.99.1 is not working one. 

>Release-Note:

>Audit-Trail:
From: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-macppc/36891: NetBSD-current 4.99.1 or later don't boot on PowerBook G4 (late 2004)
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 18:50:20 -0400

 How exactly does it fail? 'does not boot' can mean quite a few 
 different things.
 And, did you try anything newer than 4.99.1 or did you narrow the 
 failure down to this version?
 I remember having to fix a few things to make NetBSD boot again on my 
 iBook G4 after G5 support was committed, not sure when exactly I did 
 that.

From: SUNAGAWA Keiki <kei_sun@ba2.so-net.ne.jp>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org, macallan@netbsd.org
Cc: port-macppc-maintainer@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
	netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org, kei@NetBSD.org
Subject: Re: port-macppc/36891: NetBSD-current 4.99.1 or later don't boot
 on PowerBook G4 (late 2004)
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:39:46 +0900 (JST)

 Michael, thanks for your reply.

 >  How exactly does it fail? 'does not boot' can mean quite a few 
 >  different things.

 Oh, sorry.  It hangs just after printing "console keyboard
 type:" message.  Please take a look at the thread started
 from my message posted to port-macppc in July.

 http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-macppc/2007/08/11/0000.html

 >  And, did you try anything newer than 4.99.1 or did you narrow the 
 >  failure down to this version?

 Yes.  Actually I tried the version as of July, then did
 binary search to find the point of breakage.  Not tested
 latset one though, so I try it soon.

 >  I remember having to fix a few things to make NetBSD boot again on my 
 >  iBook G4 after G5 support was committed, not sure when exactly I did 
 >  that.

 My friends' PowerBook G4 booted my test kernel.

 Best regards,

 --
 SUNAGAWA Keiki <kei_sun@ba2.so-net.ne.jp>

From: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-macppc/36891: NetBSD-current 4.99.1 or later don't boot on PowerBook G4 (late 2004)
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:35:30 -0400

 I tried your 4.99.1 kernel on my iBook G4 - loads fine, makes it all 
 the way to asking about the root filesystem. If I remember correctly 
 there was some change in that time frame which requires new bootblocks 
 - how old is your ofwboot.xcf ?

State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
State-Changed-By: dholland@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 04:04:58 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
A question was asked, in 2007.


State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed
State-Changed-By: dholland@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 02:52:07 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
cannot reproduce & no response since 2007


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