>Number:         36948
>Category:       install
>Synopsis:       4.0 builds fail to include a working a.out kernel for cats
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    install-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Sep 08 21:55:00 +0000 2007
>Originator:     Chris Gilbert
>Release:        Netbsd 4.0
>Organization:
>Environment:
cats machine with cyclone firmware, which can only boot a.out images, not ELF images.
>Description:
cats 4.0 builds don't include an a.out kernel for use with older Cyclone firmware.  Reported on cats mailing list:
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-cats/2007/09/08/0000.html

Investigating this further shows that the issue is in the build system when creating the installation kernels.  Specifically at the mdset stage of the build.

Cats makes use of a MDSET_POST.netbsd.aout-INSTALL target so that only the aout kernel is converted to a.out, leaving the able install kernel as an ELF binary.

This appears to not be working due to a bug in the Makefile.mdset code.


>How-To-Repeat:
Attempt to install on a cats machine running cyclone firmware.
>Fix:
Correct the bug in the Makefile.