Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 06:53:02 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Alexander Kabaev <kan@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD Current List <current@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP! boot2 problems Message-ID: <41122DAE.9090501@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <20040805062728.GA58762@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <4109B4EF.605@samsco.org> <20040730152119.GA43119@freefall.freebsd.org> <20040805062728.GA58762@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Alexander Kabaev wrote: > On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 03:21:19PM +0000, Alexander Kabaev wrote: > >>On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 08:39:43PM -0600, Scott Long wrote: >> >>>All, >>> >>>The GCC 3.4 import seems to have broken the boot2 loader on at least >>>i386. This doesn't affect normal world and kernel builds and installs, >>>but does affect writing new bootblocks via the disklabel program. You >>>should refrain from doing this until it gets fixed. It's being looked >>>into right now. >>> >>>Scott >> >>Commit below made boot2 usable again. > > > As suggested by Matt Dillon, the problems were caused by imcompletely > zeroed out BSS. I merged approproate fixes from DragonflyBSD in commit > below. Success/failure reports from people affected are appreciated. Thanks! Scott
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