Re: Problems on TS-101
Oscar Molin <[email protected]> Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:49:48 +0100
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I tested it and it works. Good job. /Oscar 2011/10/31 Frank Wille <[email protected]>: > On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:22:24 +0200 > Oscar Molin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What's your guess? Is altboot overwriting its own memory space? > > I think I found the problem with altboot! > > It is not the compiler, although gcc 4.1.3 seemed to hide the bug > a little better, but a bug which had always been there in altboot and > could have been the source for multiple instabilities: > > We had forgotten to disable interrupts when starting altboot! This may > have some unpleasant effects, as U-Boot's exception handlers are still > in place. > > The new version seems rock-solid. Please try it: > ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/phx/sandpoint/altboot.bin.gz > > -- > Frank Wille >