From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 19:28:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 19:27:52 -0400 Received: from web10402.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.130.94]:55812 "HELO web10402.mail.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 19:27:42 -0400 Message-ID: <20010817232756.50772.qmail@web10402.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 09:27:56 +1000 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Steve=20Kieu?= Subject: Re: boot problems with older machines, kernels 2.4.x To: Thomas Ackermann Cc: kernel In-Reply-To: <3B7CF491.BF83C3F8@ewave.at> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org strange! I use a rather old 486 20M ram here and no problem. all 2.4.x --- Thomas Ackermann 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 > === message truncated === ===== S.KIEU _____________________________________________________________________________ http://shopping.yahoo.com.au - Father's Day Shopping - Find the perfect gift for your Dad for Father's Day