8.0-current 200809 snapshot CD boot problem

Marco Trillo marcotrillo at gmail.com
Sat Sep 27 10:48:41 UTC 2008


Hi,

On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 3:51 AM, Peter Grehan <grehan at freebsd.org> wrote:
>  Would you be able to try booting into the loader only e.g.
>
> 0 > boot cd:,\boot\loader hd:58
>
> (giving a non-existent partition instead of no parameter will prevent the
> loader from trying to open the device it was booted off).
>
>  Then, issue an 'memmap' command at the loader prompt, and see if OFW is
> using any of the memory that is at question.

This is the output of the 'memmap' command with hd:58. It looks like
the memory in question is not being used by OFW:

OK memmap
Virtual Range		Physical Range		#Pages		Mode
00000000-00003000	00000000-00003000	3		10
00003000-00083000	00003000-00083000	128		10
01c00000-01c40000	01c00000-01c40000	64		2
80000000-80080000	80000000-80080000	128		28
80081000-80082000	80081000-80082000	1		28
80082000-80083000	80082000-80083000	1		28
80083000-80084000	80083000-80084000	1		28
90000000-90010000	90000000-90010000	16		28
98000000-a0000000	98000000-a0000000	32768		28
f0000000-f0010000	f0000000-f0010000	16		28
f0800000-f0801000	f0800000-f0801000	1		28
f0c00000-f0c01000	f0c00000-f0c01000	1		28
f2000000-f2010000	f2000000-f2010000	16		28
f2800000-f2801000	f2800000-f2801000	1		28
f2c00000-f2c01000	f2c00000-f2c01000	1		28
f4000000-f4010000	f4000000-f4010000	16		28
f4800000-f4801000	f4800000-f4801000	1		28
f4c00000-f4c01000	f4c00000-f4c01000	1		28
f5000000-f5001000	f5000000-f5001000	1		28
f5004000-f5008000	f5004000-f5008000	4		28
f5200000-f5400000	f5200000-f5400000	512		28
f8000000-f8003000	f8000000-f8003000	3		28
ff7f0000-ff800000	2fbf0000-2fc00000	16		10
ff800000-ffc00000	2fc00000-30000000	1024		10
fff04000-fff06000	fff04000-fff06000	2		28
fff06000-fff08000	fff06000-fff08000	2		28

>
>  Secondly, would you be able to to a 'C' boot, but halt into the loader and
> issue the same command ? This time, there should be memory allocated for the
> kernel itself.
>

The full output in this case is below. The memory in question is now
mapped, but I don't know why it makes a difference starting at
0013d3c0 (working) or at 00100100 (not working).

OK memmap
Virtual Range		Physical Range		#Pages		Mode
00000000-00003000	00000000-00003000	3		10
00003000-00083000	00003000-00083000	128		10
00100000-00110000	00100000-00110000	16		0
00110000-005ab000	00110000-005ab000	1179		0
005ab000-005bb000       005ab000-005bb000       16      0
005bb000-005cb000       005bb000-005cb000       16      0
005cb000-005db000       005cb000-005db000       16      0
005db000-005eb000       005db000-005eb000       16      0
005eb000-005fb000       005eb000-005fb000       16      0
005fb000-0060b000       005fb000-0060b000       16      0
0060b000-0061b000       0060b000-0061b000       16      0
0061b000-0062b000       0061b000-0062b000       16      0
0062b000-0063b000       0062b000-0063b000       16      0
0063b000-0064b000       0063b000-0064b000       16      0
0064b000-0065b000       0064b000-0065b000       16      0
0065b000-0066b000       0065b000-0066b000       16      0
0066b000-0067b000       0066b000-0067b000       16      0
0067b000-0068b000       0067b000-0068b000       16      0
0068b000-0069b000       0068b000-0069b000       16      0
0069b000-006ab000       0069b000-006ab000       16      0
006ab000-006bb000       006ab000-006bb000       16      0
006bb000-006cb000       006bb000-006cb000       16      0
006cb000-006db000       006cb000-006db000       16      0
006db000-006eb000       006db000-006eb000       16      0
006eb000-006fb000       006eb000-006fb000       16      0
006fb000-0070b000       006fb000-0070b000       16      0
0070b000-0071b000       0070b000-0071b000       16      0
0071b000-0072b000       0071b000-0072b000       16      0
0072b000-0073b000       0072b000-0073b000       16      0
0073b000-0074b000       0073b000-0074b000       16      0
0074b000-0075b000       0074b000-0075b000       16      0
0075b000-0079d000	0075b000-0079d000	66	0
0079d000-00803000	0079d000-00803000	102	0
00803000-00813000       00803000-00813000       16      0
00813000-00823000       00813000-00823000       16      0
00823000-00833000       00823000-00833000       16      0
00833000-00843000       00833000-00843000       16      0
00843000-00853000       00843000-00853000       16      0
00853000-00863000       00853000-00863000       16      0
00863000-00873000       00863000-00873000       16      0
00873000-00883000       00873000-00883000       16      0
00883000-00893000       00883000-00893000       16      0
00893000-008a3000       00893000-008a3000       16      0
008a3000-008b3000       008a3000-008b3000       16      0
008b3000-008c3000       008b3000-008c3000       16      0
008c3000-008d3000       008c3000-008d3000       16      0
008d3000-008e3000       008d3000-008e3000       16      0
008e3000-008f3000       008e3000-008f3000       16      0
008f3000-00903000       008f3000-00903000       16      0
00903000-00913000       00903000-00913000       16      0
00913000-00923000       00913000-00923000       16      0
00923000-00933000       00923000-00933000       16      0
00933000-00943000       00933000-00943000       16      0
00943000-00953000       00943000-00953000       16      0
00953000-00963000       00953000-00963000       16      0
00963000-00973000       00963000-00973000       16      0
00973000-00983000       00973000-00983000       16      0
00983000-00993000       00983000-00993000       16      0
00993000-009a3000       00993000-009a3000       16      0
009a3000-009b3000       009a3000-009b3000       16      0
009b3000-009c3000       009b3000-009c3000       16      0
009c3000-009d3000       009c3000-009d3000       16      0
009d3000-009e3000       009d3000-009e3000       16      0
009e3000-009f3000       009e3000-009f3000       16      0
009f3000-00a03000       009f3000-00a03000       16      0
00a03000-00a13000       00a03000-00a13000       16      0
00a13000-00a23000       00a13000-00a23000       16      0
00a23000-00a33000       00a23000-00a33000       16      0
00a33000-00a43000       00a33000-00a43000       16      0
00a43000-00a53000       00a43000-00a53000       16      0
00a53000-00a63000       00a53000-00a63000       16      0
00a63000-00a73000       00a63000-00a73000       16      0
00a73000-00a83000       00a73000-00a83000       16      0
00a83000-00a93000       00a83000-00a93000       16      0
00a93000-00aa3000       00a93000-00aa3000       16      0
00aa3000-00ab3000       00aa3000-00ab3000       16      0
00ab3000-00ac3000       00ab3000-00ac3000       16      0
00ac3000-00ad3000       00ac3000-00ad3000       16      0
00ad3000-00ae3000       00ad3000-00ae3000       16      0
00ae3000-00af3000       00ae3000-00af3000       16      0
00af3000-00b03000       00af3000-00b03000       16      0
00b03000-00b13000       00b03000-00b13000       16      0
00b13000-00b23000       00b13000-00b23000       16      0
00b23000-00b33000       00b23000-00b33000       16      0
00b33000-00b43000       00b33000-00b43000       16      0
00b43000-00b53000       00b43000-00b53000       16      0
00b53000-00b63000       00b53000-00b63000       16      0
00b63000-00b73000       00b63000-00b73000       16      0
00b73000-00b83000       00b73000-00b83000       16      0
00b83000-00b93000       00b83000-00b93000       16      0
00b93000-00ba3000       00b93000-00ba3000       16      0
00ba3000-00bb3000       00ba3000-00bb3000       16      0
00bb3000-00bc3000       00bb3000-00bc3000       16      0
00bc3000-00bd3000       00bc3000-00bd3000       16      0
00bd3000-00be3000       00bd3000-00be3000       16      0
00be3000-00bf3000       00be3000-00bf3000       16      0
00bf3000-00c03000	00bf3000-00c03000	16	0
00c03000-00c13000	00c03000-00c13000	16	0
01c00000-01c30000	01c00000-01c30000	48	2
01c30000-01c3f000	01c30000-01c3f000	15	2
80000000-80080000	80000000-80080000	128		28
80081000-80082000	80081000-80082000	1		28
80082000-80083000	80082000-80083000	1		28
80083000-80084000	80083000-80084000	1		28
90000000-90010000	90000000-90010000	16		28
98000000-a0000000	98000000-a0000000	32768		28
f0000000-f0010000	f0000000-f0010000	16		28
f0800000-f0801000	f0800000-f0801000	1		28
f0c00000-f0c01000	f0c00000-f0c01000	1		28
f2000000-f2010000	f2000000-f2010000	16		28
f2800000-f2801000	f2800000-f2801000	1		28
f2c00000-f2c01000	f2c00000-f2c01000	1		28
f4000000-f4010000	f4000000-f4010000	16		28
f4800000-f4801000	f4800000-f4801000	1		28
f4c00000-f4c01000	f4c00000-f4c01000	1		28
f5000000-f5001000	f5000000-f5001000	1		28
f5004000-f5008000	f5004000-f5008000	4		28
f5200000-f5400000	f5200000-f5400000	512		28
f8000000-f8003000	f8000000-f8003000	3		28
ff7f0000-ff800000	2fbf0000-2fc00000	16		10
ff800000-ffc00000	2fc00000-30000000	1024		10
fff04000-fff06000	fff04000-fff06000	2		28
fff06000-fff08000	fff06000-fff08000	2		28


Thanks for your reply!
Marco.


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