Re: Upgrading 3.0.1 to 4.0 on IP22

To: port-sgimips%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: Upgrading 3.0.1 to 4.0 on IP22
From: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:41:48 +0900

> To followup myself, -current works better (current bootloader won't load 
> netbsd-4 kernel, BTW).

That's because bootinfo structure has been changed after 4.0
(though bootloader in 4.0 doesn't pass bootinfo) and
4.0 kernel parses bootinfo passed from -current bootloader
incorrectly.

Should we bump BOOTINFO_MAGIC?

Note -current (around May 11) worked on Indy with serial console.
---
Izumi Tsutsui

References:
- Re: Upgrading 3.0.1 to 4.0 on IP22
  - From: Stephen Borrill

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