[Trac #1210] recent devel-ext3 builds not booting

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#1210: recent devel-ext3 builds not booting
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 Reporter:  ywwg                 |        Owner:  wmb at firmworks.com
     Type:  defect               |       Status:  new              
 Priority:  blocker              |    Milestone:  Trial-1          
Component:  ofw - open firmware  |   Resolution:                   
 Keywords:                       |  
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Changes (by wmb at firmworks.com):

 * cc: cjb at laptop.org, smithbone at gmail.com, johnp at redhat.com,
 dilinger at debian.org, jg at laptop.org (added)
  * owner:  dilinger => wmb at firmworks.com
  * component:  kernel => ofw - open firmware

Comment:

 (I think the /usr is just a transcription error).

 OFW's ext2 filesystem reader has a bug in its handling of symlinks in the
 presence of extended attributes.  Build 366, at least, has extended
 attributes for the /boot/vmlinuz symlink, resulting in a misread of that
 file and probably others.

 The OFW bug is fixed by svn r229, files ofw/fs/ext2fs/{dir.fth,inode.fth}

 It might also be prudent to build the ext3 system images without extended
 attributes until the fixed firmware can be deployed widely.

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