loader(8) readin failed on 7.2R and later including 8.0R

[Hiroki Sato]

Hiroki Sato <hrs at freebsd.org> wrote
  in <20091205.184250.201700943.hrs at allbsd.org>:

hr>  A summary so far is:
hr>
hr>  1)  a <8MB 7.1R kernel + stock 8.0R loader
hr>  2a) a >8MB 8.0R kernel + stock 8.0R loader
hr>  2b) a >8MB 8.0R kernel + 8.0R loader with LOADER_NO_GPT_SUPPORT=yes
hr>  2c) a >8MB 8.0R kernel + loader with your patch
hr>  3a) a <8MB 8.0R kernel + stock 8.0R loader
hr>  3b) a <8MB 8.0R kernel + 8.0R loader with LOADER_NO_GPT_SUPPORT=yes
hr>  3c) a <8MB 8.0R kernel + loader with your patch

 Grr, I double-checked how it got stuck, then I found the console
 redirect was disabled because of an old device.hints.  The revised
 summary is:

       loading text      loading syms       boot
  1)   OK                OK                 OK
  2a)  "readin failed"   -                  -
  2b)  OK                "skipped!"         OK
  2c)  OK                "skipped!"         OK
  3a)  OK                OK                 OK
  3b)  OK                OK                 OK
  3c)  OK                OK                 OK

 So, the case 2c shows that your patch solves the problem in the case
 2a.  Thank you! :)

 Loading >8MB kernel works now, but loading syms sections still fails
 even in the case 2c.

-- Hiroki
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