Re: Can't boot 2.6.1-mm4 or -mm5

["Andrey Borzenkov"]

-----Original Message-----

> 
> Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I can't boot either of them. 2.6.1-mm3 was OK; compiling and booting -mm4 or 
> > -mm5 with the same config as before (since 2.5.69 actually). Compiling and 
> > booting with VESA framebuffer and vga=788 gives empty screen; booting with 
> > vga=normal or compiling without framebuffer support goes as far as
> > 
> > Uncompressing kernel ... booting
> > 
> > and that is all. No disk activity either so it seems to have just stopped.
> 
> Don't know, sorry.  Does anyone have a slightly-sane early printk patch
> handy?
> 

this was -funit-at-a-time. Removing it (with all other conditions
equal) fixes boot problem. I informed Mandrake.

See also

<http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=107492024800001&r=1&w=2>

and

<http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=107505102400001&r=1&w=2&n=50>

regards

-andrey

> > 
> > {pts/0}% gcc --version
> > gcc-3.3.1 (GCC) 3.3.1 (Mandrake Linux 9.2 3.3.1-2mdk)
> > Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
> > warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> > 
> > system is ASUS CUSL2, i815 chipset, GeForce2 MX videocard. lspci on 2.6.0 
> > follows; config for -mm5 is attached. It was produced by using config from 
> > -mm3, running make oldconfig and answering N to most new questions. It is 
> > possible that there is problem with new CPU selection but I alaways compiled 
> > with PentiumIII only before.
> 
> I'd try enabling more CPU types, see what that does.  You have SMP enabled,
> but that should be OK.
> 
> 
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