6.0 on Alpha

[Dag-Erling Smørgrav]

PWS 600au, yesterday's sources.  The new loader runs fine, but the new
kernel won't boot with either the old or the new loader.

[old loader, new kernel]
> FreeBSD/alpha SRM disk boot, Revision 1.2
> (des at dsa.des.no, Mon May 24 12:46:21 CEST 2004)
> Memory: 262144 k
> Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
> /boot/dsa/kernel data=0x317d80+0x30140 syms=[0x8+0x43fe0+0x8+0x3899d]
> 
> Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
> Booting [/boot/dsa/kernel] in 9 seconds...
> 
> Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
> OK boot -s
> Entering /boot/dsa/kernel at 0xfffffc0000338780...
> unexpected exception/interrupt through vector 420
> [...]

[new loader, new kernel]
> FreeBSD/alpha SRM disk boot, Revision 1.2
> (des at dsa.des.no, Wed Aug 25 03:03:37 CEST 2004)
> Memory: 262144 k
> Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
> /boot/dsa/kernel data=0x317d80+0x30140 syms=[0x8+0x43fe0+0x8+0x3899d]
> 
> Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
> Booting [/boot/dsa/kernel] in 9 seconds...
> 
> Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
> OK boot -s
> Entering /boot/dsa/kernel at 0xfffffc0000338780...
> unexpected exception/interrupt through vector 420
> [...]

The old kernel (from late May) boots fine with both the old and the
new loader.

Kernel config and complete logs available upon request.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des at des.no