ofpath problems on old pmac "sawtooth"

acrux acrux_it at libero.it
Wed Aug 22 04:47:28 EST 2007


yaboot (1.3.13 and 1.3.14) is unable to find ofpath with kernel >=
2.6.22 on old PowerMac G4 400MHz AGP "Sawtooth" .
Booting with a 2.6.21 it works fine...

It's the only one mac that shows this kind of problem.



root at sawtooth:~# uname -a
Linux sawtooth 2.6.22.3 #1 PREEMPT Sun Aug 19 03:50:03 CEST 2007 ppc
GNU/Linux

root at sawtooth:~# ybin -V    
ybin 1.3.14
Written by Ethan Benson

Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Ethan Benson
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR

PURPOSE. root at sawtooth:~# ybin -v
ybin: Finding OpenFirmware device path to `/dev/hda2'...
ofpath: /dev/hda: Device not configured
ybin: Unable to find OpenFirmware path for boot=/dev/hda2
ybin: Please add ofboot=<path> where <path> is the OpenFirmware path
to /dev/hda2 to /etc/yaboot.conf ybin: Finding OpenFirmware device path
to `/dev/hdb10'... ofpath: /dev/hdb: Device not configured
ybin: Unable to determine OpenFirmware path for macosx=/dev/hdb10
ybin: Try specifying the real OpenFirmware path for macosx=/dev/hdb10
in /etc/yaboot.conf 




greetz,

btw, why does yaboot-1.3.14 need e2fsprogs with debugfs compiled in ??


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