BUG: 9.0 stage 2 boot (/boot/boot)

[rank1seeker at gmail.com]

----- Original Message -----
From: John Baldwin <jhb at freebsd.org>
To: rank1seeker at gmail.com
Cc: hackers at freebsd.org, "Roman Divacky" <rdivacky at freebsd.org>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:23:45 -0500
Subject: Re: BUG: 9.0 stage 2 boot (/boot/boot)

> On Friday, February 24, 2012 9:05:54 am rank1seeker at gmail.com wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: John Baldwin <jhb at freebsd.org>
> > To: freebsd-hackers at freebsd.org
> > Cc: rank1seeker at gmail.com, Roman Divacky <rdivacky at freebsd.org>
> > Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:02:04 -0500
> > Subject: Re: BUG: 9.0 stage 2 boot (/boot/boot)
> > 
> > > On Friday, February 17, 2012 2:43:55 am rank1seeker at gmail.com wrote:
> > > > Anyway, after upgrading to 9.0, my USB stick, when created, started to 
> hang 
> > > at stage 2 boot.
> > > > I have a custom setup, where BSD label 'a', has a content of /boot/*
> > > > So when 'a' is being hit by stage 2 boot, there is boot.config waiting 
> for 
> > > it.
> > > > After it reads it and displays it's content, it echos 'No' and hangs.
> > > > 
> > > > I stare at it and can't believe as boot.config's information is correct!
> > > > I hit '?' and it list all files in 'a'.
> > > > Then I simply RE-type what is displayed on screen (content of 
> boot.config -> 
> > > path to loader)
> > > > And loader kicks in!
> > > > 
> > > > I do this a few times more and EACH time I have to RE-type correct info!
> > > > Tested on other machine, same thing.
> > > > 
> > > > However, this same custom layout works for HDD's, but NOT for USB stick.
> > > > 
> > > > I've extracted binary installs of 8.2 and 9.0 R:
> > > > MD5 (8_boot) = adb1e84e96bd434e51cafaaa0ef22584
> > > > MD5 (9_boot) = 40f3f6403ebd5e131259d1336b4b50ad
> > > > 
> > > > Then:
> > > > # gpart bootcode -b 8_boot da0s2
> > > > And sudenly that USB stick boots, without ANY other change!
> > > > Just an "old" stage 2 boot code, from R8 was enough.
> > > 
> > > Looks like it is thinking that 'kname' is empty.  Ah, I think Roman broke 
> this
> > > in 219186:
> > > 
> > >  @@ -474,11 +461,7 @@ parse()
> > >  			     ? DRV_HARD : 0) + drv;
> > >  		dsk_meta = 0;
> > >  	    }
> > > -	    if ((i = ep - arg)) {
> > > -		if ((size_t)i >= sizeof(kname))
> > > -		    return -1;
> > > -		memcpy(kname, arg, i + 1);
> > > -	    }
> > > +            kname = arg;
> > >  	}
> > >  	arg = p;
> > >      }
> > > 
> > > Before it only set kname if it wasn't an empty string.  Now it always sets
> > > kname.  Try this change:
> > > 
> > > Index: boot2.c
> > > ===================================================================
> > > --- boot2.c	(revision 231983)
> > > +++ boot2.c	(working copy)
> > > @@ -457,7 +457,8 @@ parse()
> > >  			     ? DRV_HARD : 0) + drv;
> > >  		dsk_meta = 0;
> > >  	    }
> > > -            kname = arg;
> > > +	    if (*arg != '\0')
> > > +		    kname = arg;
> > >  	}
> > >  	arg = p;
> > >      }
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > John Baldwin
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > It still doesn't work!
> > 
> > And please, next time attach patch in a file (unified format), so I would  
> have a less hassle (to avoid manuall patch application)
> 
> Do you still get 'No ' with no other message before it breaks?


I get 'No ' with no other message before it HANGS waiting for manual input?
Manual input makes it work.
I simply RE-type outputed contest of boot.config file.


> Can you show me the contents of your /boot.config file via hd?


Both USB stick and HDD have a same boot.config file, contents:
---
/loader
---

 
> -- 
> John Baldwin
 


Domagoj Smolčić