From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 15:10:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 15:10:13 -0500 Received: from mailhst2.its.tudelft.nl ([130.161.34.250]:29703 "EHLO mailhst2.its.tudelft.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 15:10:02 -0500 Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 21:09:20 +0100 From: Erik Mouw To: Blizbor Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Bug in 2.2 kernels (mysterious hangs after freeing unused memory) Message-ID: <20010108210920.U3472@arthur.ubicom.tudelft.nl> In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.25.0.20010107190604.00a44400@195.117.13.2> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.25.0.20010107190604.00a44400@195.117.13.2>; from tb670725@ima.pl on Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 07:21:08PM +0100 Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy! Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 07:21:08PM +0100, Blizbor wrote: > I have found something weird in kernel 2.2.17. > After installation on the Pentium PRO equipped machine, > I have moved hard disk to another one, but equipped > with AMD-K5 and after encountering problems I moved again > this disk to machine equipped with Intel Pentium MMX. > > On all machines except Pentium PRO boot process was stopping > after freeing unused kernel memory. A kernel compiled and optimised for a PPro does not neccesarily run on an AMD K5 or a Pentium MMX. Erik -- J.A.K. (Erik) Mouw, Information and Communication Theory Group, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Information Technology and Systems, Delft University of Technology, PO BOX 5031, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands Phone: +31-15-2783635 Fax: +31-15-2781843 Email: J.A.K.Mouw@its.tudelft.nl WWW: http://www-ict.its.tudelft.nl/~erik/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/