From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752357AbWLVThm (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:37:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752356AbWLVThm (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:37:42 -0500 Received: from smtpa1.aruba.it ([62.149.128.210]:37661 "HELO smtpa2.aruba.it" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752028AbWLVThl (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:37:41 -0500 Subject: Re: [Bug 7505] Linux-2.6.18 fails to boot on AMD64 machine From: Stefano Takekawa To: Ard -kwaak- van Breemen Cc: "Zhang, Yanmin" , Andrew Morton , Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>, Yinghai Lu , agalanin@mera.ru, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org, "Eric W. Biederman" In-Reply-To: <20061222184224.GK31882@telegraafnet.nl> References: <117E3EB5059E4E48ADFF2822933287A401F2E7C5@pdsmsx404.ccr.corp.intel.com> <20061222184224.GK31882@telegraafnet.nl> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:39:39 +0100 Message-Id: <1166816379.4551.2.camel@proton.twominds.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Rating: smtpa2.aruba.it 1.6.2 0/1000/N Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > I am pretty sure the i386 tree has the same problem but I haven't checked yet. > Anyway: the panic is just a way of noticing. The bug is that irq's are enabled > before the irq controller is set up. A very similar i386 linux installation works fine on my laptop, but that i386 kernel never had problem. -- Stefano Takekawa take@libero.it Frank: And why do days get longer in the summer? Ernest: Because heat makes things expand!