From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 07:20:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 07:20:20 -0500 Received: from hercules.telenet-ops.be ([195.130.132.33]:48400 "HELO smtp.pandora.be") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 07:20:13 -0500 Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:20:17 +0100 From: mo6 To: Robert Kaiser Cc: Brian Gerst , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Anybody got 2.4.0 running on a 386 ? Message-ID: <20010111132017.A27515@pandora.be> In-Reply-To: <01010922090000.02630@rob> <3A5B7F76.ABDFED7A@didntduck.org> <01010922264400.02737@rob> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i In-Reply-To: <01010922264400.02737@rob>; from rob@sysgo.de on Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 10:17:47PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 10:17:47PM +0100, Robert Kaiser wrote: > On Die, 09 Jan 2001 you wrote: > > Robert Kaiser wrote: > > > if someone had pressed the reset button. The same kernel boots fine on > > > 486 and Pentium Systems. > > > > > > Any ideas/suggestions ? > > > > > > is "Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor > > mode... " the last thing you see before the reset? > > > > No, I don't see _any_ messages from the kernel. The last thing I see is > "Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel." I have added some > quick and dirty debug code that writes messages directly to the VGA > screen buffer. According to that, execution seems to get as far as the > statement > > *pte = mk_pte_phys(__pa(vaddr), PAGE_KERNEL); > Changing the if( end && (vaddr >= end)) break; just before that snippet of yours (I believe it's on lines 379-380) into if (vaddr >= end) break; or alternatively adding if (!end) break; between if(end &&...) break; and *pte = mk_...; produces a kernel bootable on 386. With kind regards, Sven Joos -- If the odds are a million to one against something occurring, chances are 50-50 it will. - 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/