Re: mips64eb seems to be mostly 32-bit

On Wed, 07 Jul 2021 18:44:13 +1000
Simon Burge <[email protected]> wrote:

> The problem here is that "fatload usb 0 $(loadaddr) netbsd" doesn't
> leave any info at all on how or where that kernel was loaded from
> (that I'm aware of, certainly not in a uboot variable).
> 
> If you look at how Linux boots on an ER-4 (I don't have a USB in my
> Erlite at the moment), you'll see
> 
> 	bootoctlinux ... root=/dev/mmcblk0p2
> 
> We need to do something similar for NetBSD.  For the DD images that
> have root on dk1 and a wedge called "octeon-root", either of the
> following work
> 
> 	fatload usb 0 $(loadaddr) netbsd
> 	bootoctlinux $(loadaddr) root=dk1
> 
> or
> 
> 	fatload usb 0 $(loadaddr) netbsd
> 	bootoctlinux $(loadaddr) root=wedge:octeon-root
> 
> Both of these will boot like this:

Thank you Simon.

I tried searching for a way to specify NetBSD root block device
explicitly, but for some reason could not find this. I have tested the
suggestions above using octeon.img.gz 202107071010Z (both mips64eb and
mipsn64eb) and confirm they indeed work as described.

-- 
    Denis Ovsienko