Kernel 2.6 and the Epia M 10000 Motherboard
David Woakes
david at mitredata.co.uk
Thu May 20 22:20:57 UTC 2004
On Thu, 2004-05-20 at 20:58, David Woakes wrote:
>> I did some extensive testing using kernel-2.6.5-1.358.
>>
>> The i586 compiled rpm version of this kernel causes immediate reboots
>> after the kernel is booted with no errors or other output.
>>
>> I installed the source for this kernel and used the config file for the
>> installed kernel-2.6.5-1.358. I started sticking for (;;) at various
>> places in init/main.c. After moving it down a few times without
getting
>> to a point where the machine rebooted instantly, I got bold and built
>> the kernel without any deliberate hang statements.
>>
>> I was very suprised to find the kernel booted and proceeded normally to
>> the message Freeing Init Memory...., and then hung. (I have
experienced
>> the same problem with an Epia M 6000 motherboard with the 2.4 kernel,
>> though the 10000 motherboard is OK with the same Kernel).
Does booting with vdso=0 help ?
What glibc do you have ?
Dave
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I forgot to add that this did not help kernel 2.4 or 2.6 to boot on the
M 6000 motherboard, which still hangs after the freeing memory message.
David
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