problems with sys/dev/md/md.c 1.108 and preloaded images

[Luigi Rizzo]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 04:02:45PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <20031212065408.A34028 at xorpc.icir.org>, Luigi Rizzo writes:
> >Poul,
> >rev.1.108 of sys/dev/md/md.c somehow prevents proper booting of
> >picobsd images -- i am seeing that over etherboot, but i believe
> >it also happens with floppy based kernels.
> 
> You'll need to instrument md.c and see what exactly happens, I am
> unable to work on this problem right now.
> 
> 1.108 was specifically an attempt to make md.c do the right thing
> and it worked for me as a root device when I tried it in my lab.
> 
> Suggest you litter printfs in md_drvinit() and boot with '-v' for
> starters

thanks, will try to do a bit of debugging.
Just one thing, is there an easy way (kernel config, hint, somethng)
to force -v ?  I am booting with etherboot and no /boot/loader...

	cheers
	luigi
> 
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