Re: boot problems with older machines, kernels 2.4.x

["Steve Kieu" <haiquy@yahoo.com>]

strange! I use a rather old 486 20M ram here and no
problem.

all 2.4.x

 --- Thomas Ackermann <atze-lists@ewave.at> wrote: > i
compiled various 2.4.x kernels on a k7 machine and
> got them to run
> without any problem (redhat 7.1, latest updates) but
> when i try to use
> this kernels on older machines like a 486 or older
> pentiums the kernel
> hangs before starting init with "Freeing unused
> kernel memory: blah..."
> 
> used kernel config:
> #
> # Automatically generated by make menuconfig: don't
> edit
> #
> CONFIG_X86=y
> CONFIG_ISA=y
> # CONFIG_SBUS is not set
> CONFIG_UID16=y
> 
> #
> # Code maturity level options
> #
> CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
> 
> #
> # Loadable module support
> #
> # CONFIG_MODULES is not set
> 
> #
> # Processor type and features
> #
> CONFIG_M386=y
> # CONFIG_M486 is not set
> # CONFIG_M586 is not set
> # CONFIG_M586TSC is not set
> # CONFIG_M586MMX is not set
> # CONFIG_M686 is not set
> # CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII is not set
> # CONFIG_MPENTIUM4 is not set
> # CONFIG_MK6 is not set
> # CONFIG_MK7 is not set
> # CONFIG_MCRUSOE is not set
> # CONFIG_MWINCHIPC6 is not set
> # CONFIG_MWINCHIP2 is not set
> # CONFIG_MWINCHIP3D is not set
> # CONFIG_MCYRIXIII is not set
> # CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG is not set
> # CONFIG_X86_XADD is not set
> CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=4
> CONFIG_RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK=y
> # CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM is not set
> # CONFIG_TOSHIBA is not set
> # CONFIG_MICROCODE is not set
> # CONFIG_X86_MSR is not set
> # CONFIG_X86_CPUID is not set
> CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
> # CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set
> # CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
> # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
> # CONFIG_MTRR is not set
> # CONFIG_SMP is not set
> # CONFIG_X86_UP_IOAPIC is not set
> 
> #
> # General setup
> #
> CONFIG_NET=y
> # CONFIG_VISWS is not set
> CONFIG_PCI=y
> # CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set
> # CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT is not set
> CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
> CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
> CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
> # CONFIG_PCI_NAMES is not set
> # CONFIG_EISA is not set
> # CONFIG_MCA is not set
> # CONFIG_HOTPLUG is not set
> # CONFIG_PCMCIA is not set
> CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
> # CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT is not set
> # CONFIG_SYSCTL is not set
> CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y
> # CONFIG_KCORE_AOUT is not set
> # CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT is not set
> CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
> # CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC is not set
> # CONFIG_PM is not set
> # CONFIG_ACPI is not set
> # CONFIG_APM is not set
> 
> #
> # Memory Technology Devices (MTD)
> #
> # CONFIG_MTD is not set
> 
> #
> # Parallel port support
> #
> # CONFIG_PARPORT is not set
> 
> #
> # Plug and Play configuration
> #
> # CONFIG_PNP is not set
> # CONFIG_ISAPNP is not set
> 
> #
> # Block devices
> #
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
> # CONFIG_PARIDE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=4096
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD is not set
> 
> #
> # Multi-device support (RAID and LVM)
> #
> # CONFIG_MD is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set
> # CONFIG_MD_LINEAR is not set
> # CONFIG_MD_RAID0 is not set
> # CONFIG_MD_RAID1 is not set
> # CONFIG_MD_RAID5 is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LVM is not set
> 
> #
> # Networking options
> #
> CONFIG_PACKET=y
> # CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP is not set
> # CONFIG_NETLINK is not set
> # CONFIG_NETFILTER is not set
> # CONFIG_FILTER is not set
> CONFIG_UNIX=y
> CONFIG_INET=y
> # CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set
> # CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set
> # CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set
> # CONFIG_INET_ECN is not set
> # CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES is not set
> # CONFIG_IPV6 is not set
> # CONFIG_KHTTPD is not set
> # CONFIG_ATM is not set
> # CONFIG_IPX is not set
> # CONFIG_ATALK is not set
> # CONFIG_DECNET is not set
> # CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set
> # CONFIG_X25 is not set
> # CONFIG_LAPB is not set
> # CONFIG_LLC is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_DIVERT is not set
> # CONFIG_ECONET is not set
> # CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_FASTROUTE is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL is not set
> 
> #
> # QoS and/or fair queueing
> #
> # CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set
> # CONFIG_IPSEC is not set
> 
> #
> # Telephony Support
> #
> # CONFIG_PHONE is not set
> # CONFIG_PHONE_IXJ is not set
> 
> #
> # ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support
> #
> CONFIG_IDE=y
> 
> #
> # IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block devices
> #
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
> # CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_VENDOR is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_FUJITSU is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_IBM is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_MAXTOR is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_QUANTUM is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_SEAGATE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_WD is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_COMMERIAL is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TIVO is not set
> 
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