[Cbe-oss-dev] ps3-boot-game-os can't change boot flag

[Akinobu Mita]

> Hi Mita-san,
>
> On 08/17/2009 11:02 PM, Akinobu Mita wrote:
>> ps3-boot-game-os doesn't work on one of our PS3.
>>
>> # ps3-boot-game-os
>> os_area_header_read: read error: os_area_header: Input/outpur error
>> main:627: os_area_read_hp error.
>> ERROR: can't change boot flag
>>
>> Screenshot and dmesg are attached.
>>
>> We can repoduce it with ps3-petitboot-09.07.01.bld
>> (ps3-utils-2.3 and linux-2.6.28.10) and kboot based boot loader.
>> So it's not recent regression.
>>
>> We cannot reproduce it on our other PS3 consoles but I found some people
>> reporting same error by googling with "ps3flash read failed 0x2050000".
>
> This problem seems to be found on the CECHH, CECHJ, CECHK, CECHL,
> CECHM, and CECHP models when the PS3 internal HDD is formatted
> for 100% GameOS.  This problem also causes kexec, shutdown, and
> reboot to fail.
>
> I have a temporary workaround here:
>
>   http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/geoff/ps3-linux-patches.git;a=blob;f=ps3-wip/ps3-cechh-flash-workaround.patch;hb=HEAD
>
> ps3-petitboot-09.09.01 or later will have the workaround:
>
>   http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/geoff/cell/ps3-petitboot/

Great, it works on our PS3 too.

> We are still working on the final solution.

OK, thanks