Re: port-sparc64/56363: boot: Inode not directory

[David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-sparc64/56363; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: port-sparc64-maintainer%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, 
	netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, tnn%nygren.pp.se@localhost
Subject: Re: port-sparc64/56363: boot: Inode not directory
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021 13:53:26 +0100

 On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 at 11:30, Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> wrote:
 >
 > The following reply was made to PR port-sparc64/56363; it has been noted by GNATS.
 >
 > From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
 > To: Tobias Nygren <tnn%nygren.pp.se@localhost>
 > Cc: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
 > Subject: Re: port-sparc64/56363: boot: Inode not directory
 > Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2021 12:26:44 +0200
 >
 >  On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 12:16:50PM +0200, Tobias Nygren wrote:
 >  > Yes, as far as I know it is the latest & last release. The Netra 240 is
 >  > a modern server by NetBSD/sparc64 standards. (dual USIII)
 >
 >  Yes, and I'm pretty suprised by the failure mode.
 >
 >  It would be good to have a concrete list of troubled firmware versions
 >  and their limits and match that in sysinst or something.
 >
 >  My v210 boots from 34GB scsi disks.
 
 Is there any way to ensure that the blocks loaded from /ofwboot are at
 the end of a partition for testing purposes? Maybe have a some code
 create repeated copies of ofwboot until it finds one with a block over
 a required limit, then remove the others and use that one?
 
 David