Possible ofpath bug?

[Tony Breeds]

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 03:01:39PM +0200, Roman Rakus wrote:
> I'm not sure where is the problem. Maybe in ofpath, maybe in kernel
> and maybe in OpenFirmware. But when a user of B&W G3 Power Macintosh
> tries to install yaboot he get following issue:
> 
> Bootstrap partition is /dev/sda2
> Install by `ybin' -> ofpath finds and set boot device to
> `/disk at 0:2', what makes system unbootable
> Install by `ybin -o hd:2' -> boot device is set to `hd:2', what
> makes system bootable.
> 
> I don't know how to find, if ofpath finds `/disk at 0:2' as the right
> boot device. Any clues? Or any clue how to dig more?
> This bug is open:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514087

As this is an ofpath/ybin problem I think if I can get a device-tree I can fix
it.  I've asked the bug poster to supply one, and I'm looking around to see if
I can find the h/w

Thanks for the prod Roman.


Yours Tony