From owner-freebsd-current Thu May 9 00:28:43 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA18460 for current-outgoing; Thu, 9 May 1996 00:28:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tfs.com (tfs.com [140.145.250.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA18455 for ; Thu, 9 May 1996 00:28:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.tfs.com by tfs.com (smail3.1.28.1) with SMTP id m0uHQ9P-0003w9C; Thu, 9 May 96 00:28 PDT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id HAA04220 for ; Thu, 9 May 1996 07:28:37 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: critter.tfs.com: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 locore.s In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 09 May 1996 00:16:08 MST." <199605090716.AAA17580@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 09 May 1996 07:28:36 +0000 Message-ID: <4218.831626916@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I belive this fixes the recent boot problems. The bug was depended on the value of the "_etext" symbol, which is why adding and deleting options would change it from working to non-working. Please report if this doesn't solve it! Poul-Henning > phk 96/05/09 00:16:07 > > Modified: sys/i386/i386 locore.s > Log: > Fix brino on my part. _etext doesn't include the padding to a page > boundary, which means that it doesn't mark the start of the data > section (which is then inaccessible to the programmer ??). > Hopefully fixes recent locore reboot problems. > > Revision Changes Path > 1.71 +3 -1 src/sys/i386/i386/locore.s -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.