Re: All PPC ports broken since 5.99.61

[Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Hello,

On Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:07:24 +0100
Frank Wille <frank%phoenix.owl.de@localhost> wrote:

> Michael wrote:
> 
> >> The crash occurs very early in the openfirmware() function,
> >> src/sys/arch/powerpc/oea/ofw_subr.S, line 125. So it has probably
> >> nothing to do with the recent kmem changes...?
> >> 
> >> The code didn't change. No idea why it is happening now, and why it
> >> is not happening on ofppc, for example.
> >
> > Apple OF is always a little special. In several different ways
> > depending on the version. I downgraded trap_subr.S to 1.72 and
> > oea_machdep.c to 1.60 which made the kernel boot again, [...]
> 
> Hmm... that's the new code for supporting up to 8 BATs and the extended
> block size (>256MB). My iBook G4 has a 7447A, so it would take advantage of
> it, while my ofppc machine has a 750CXe with just 4 BATs (and works).

I've seen this on both my iBook G4 ( 7455 CPU ) and the Pismo ( plain old 750 )
The bus_space issue I've seen was related after all - finding a BAT mapping 
failed where it shouldn't.

> My guess is that the openfirmware() call in ofw_subr.S needs to save and
> restore all 8 BATs now. It still only uses 4, which might crash OFW...

Worth a shot I guess.

have fun
Michael