Module Name: src
Committed By: snj
Date: Fri Jun 9 16:55:05 UTC 2017
Modified Files:
src/distrib/notes/macppc [netbsd-8]: prep.OPENFIRMWARE
Log Message:
Pull up following revision(s) (requested by he in ticket #16):
distrib/notes/macppc/prep.OPENFIRMWARE: revision 1.19
Change the deprecation notice about ofwboot.elf to say that it may
still be required in some cases, as observed by some MacMini users.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.18 -r1.18.8.1 src/distrib/notes/macppc/prep.OPENFIRMWARE
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/distrib/notes/macppc/prep.OPENFIRMWARE
diff -u src/distrib/notes/macppc/prep.OPENFIRMWARE:1.18 src/distrib/notes/macppc/prep.OPENFIRMWARE:1.18.8.1
--- src/distrib/notes/macppc/prep.OPENFIRMWARE:1.18 Sat May 9 08:13:35 2015
+++ src/distrib/notes/macppc/prep.OPENFIRMWARE Fri Jun 9 16:55:05 2017
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: prep.OPENFIRMWARE,v 1.18 2015/05/09 08:13:35 snj Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: prep.OPENFIRMWARE,v 1.18.8.1 2017/06/09 16:55:05 snj Exp $
.if \*[OF_VERSION_3] \{\
.
.Ss2 Updating your BootROM
@@ -746,12 +746,20 @@ from a disk which then loads the seconda
which then loads the kernel.
.\}
.(Note
+Despite a note to the contrary in earlier releases that
.Pa ofwboot.elf
-is obsoleted. All users should be using
+is obsoleted, that is no longer the case.
+It has been observed that on some newish machines (notably at least
+some Mac Minis), use of
.Pa ofwboot.xcf
-instead of
+will result in an early kernel panic when loading the GENERIC kernel
+from disk.
+For these machines it appears to be a workaround to use
.Pa ofwboot.elf
-now.
+instead of
+.Pa ofwboot.xcf
+as the boot loader.
+The root cause for this problem has unfortunately yet to be found.
.Note)
.Pp
The following bootable media are available for loading the bootloader:
