Re: NetBSD 10.0_RC1 on AlphaServer DS25... no boot
John Klos <[email protected]> Sun, 31 Dec 2023 00:02:28 +0000 (UTC)
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>> The macro used to index the kernel L2 PTs to poke the value in them to >> point to the L3 PTs was overflowing from 1023->0 because it was >> designed to, and it probably just shouldn?t have been used in this one >> particular spot. The fix is quite simple, and the comment explaining >> it is more complicated than the change :-) > > Ok, fix checked in and pull-up to netbsd-10 requested. I successfully > booted a 16GB config in Qemu with the fix, whereas before it blew up at > 7GB. Excellent, even if this specific dmesg URL should rightly be taken by a PowerPC: https://dmesgd.nycbug.org/index.cgi?do=view&id=7447 pkgsrc-2023Q4 builds will start soon. Thanks so very much, Jason! John