how to resolve the 2.0.33 kernel hangs

Andrea Arcangeli (arcangeli@mbox.queen.it)
Sun, 8 Mar 1998 17:48:08 +0100 (CET)


I backported the print_eip part of the patch-ikd from Ingo to 2.0.33. This
should tell us the exact eip address where the kernel hangs. I suggest all
people is having trubles with 2.0.33 to apply the patch, set to Y the
config option CONFIG_PRINT_EIP and run from the console (X will not work
since the kernel will write directly on video ram). A magenta box will
appear. You only need to see this box when the kernel lock. Then write
down on paper the list of addresses (the ones with the magenta background)
and send us the addresses + the relevant parts of the System.map.

To show the box on console all the time you can run for example:

clear; stm; while :; do clear; sleep 1; done

Andrea[s] Arcangeli

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