From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NTdKA-0004BC-U0 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:33:58 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NTdK8-00048t-A7 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:33:56 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NTdK2-00048E-QB for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:33:55 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37590 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NTdK2-00048B-Lj for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:33:50 -0500 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:8317) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NTdK1-0005sb-Sk for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:33:50 -0500 Received: from iona.labri.fr ([147.210.8.143]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NTdJz-0003lg-BD for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:33:47 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by iona.labri.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C22E36B7A for ; Sat, 9 Jan 2010 16:33:44 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at labri.fr Received: from iona.labri.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (iona.labri.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10027) with LMTP id O3PVDzXhQRu2 for ; Sat, 9 Jan 2010 16:33:44 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.1.111] (c2433-1-88-160-112-182.fbx.proxad.net [88.160.112.182]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by iona.labri.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 378B936B78 for ; Sat, 9 Jan 2010 16:33:44 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4B48A1D6.8030401@labri.fr> Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:33:42 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?R3LDqWdvaXJlIFN1dHJl?= Organization: CNRS / LaBRI User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091027) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB References: <4B44D161.8040702@labri.fr> <20100107213604.GF26340@thorin> <4B467FE9.3040200@labri.fr> <20100108213537.GA22519@thorin> In-Reply-To: <20100108213537.GA22519@thorin> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by mx20.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Subject: Re: Invalid symbol table on NetBSD boot X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:33:56 -0000 Robert Millan wrote: >> grub> multiboot /netbsd.generic -z root=3Dwd0a >=20 > There was an intentional backward-incompatible (but still compatible wi= th > the specification) change. The equivalent command on GRUB 2 would be: >=20 > grub> multiboot /netbsd.generic /netbsd.generic -z root=3Dwd0a Ok. > First argument is the file being open; in GRUB Legacy it's implicitly = also > the first arg passed to payload, which is less flexible than letting us= er > specify it. It doesn't have to be the filename at all, and usually the > payload doesn't need this information. I don't know how it is used in NetBSD, the only difference I could=20 observe is the sysctl parameter `machdep.booted_kernel' which is set to=20 the file name of the booted kernel (or empty if the information could=20 not be derived from the multiboot command-line). > I'm not sure if this explains your missing word problem, but it sounds = like > it could be related. Yes, it sure explains the problem, thanks! I had a look at the=20 multiboot command-line parsing in the NetBSD kernel: the first argument=20 in the command-line is ignored (here `-z') as it is assumed to be the=20 kernel file name. Anyway, the above solution (duplicating the kernel file name) is simple=20 enough. :-) Gr=C3=A9goire