Re: 2.4.12 on Pentium?

Re: 2.4.12 on Pentium?

[Mark Staudinger]

John Alvord <jalvo@mbay.net> said:

> One common failure reason is selecting the wrong processor type. I
> suggest starting with a plain vanilla i386 build and see what happens.
> 
> john

That's the first thing I looked at... and my original message references 
that.  I've tried Pentium Classic, MMX, and 386.  No such luck.

Thanks....

> 
> On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 19:55:58 -0000, "Mark Staudinger"
> <mark@staudinger.net> wrote:
> 
> >"Drew P. Vogel" <dvogel@intercarve.net> said:
> >
> >> On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Mark Staudinger wrote:
> >> 
> >> >
> >> >Is there any known problem with running kernel 2.4.12 on a P54/P55 CPU? 
 
> >I'm
> >> >unable to get a 2.4.12 kernel to boot on a pentium class machine, 
> >regardless
> >> >of what I choose for the "Processor Family" support in the config.
> >> >
> >> >A similar (if not identical) config of kernel 2.4.5 works just fine, 
even 
> >if
> >> >compiled for 686/Celeron processor family.
> >> 
> >> copy the .config from the 2.4.5 directory and do a 'make oldconfig' just
> >> to be sure.
> >> 
> >> --Drew Vogel
> >
> >Done.  Still the same symptom (reset during kernel load). I take it this 
isn't 
> >a known problem then?
> >
> >-=Mark
> >
> >
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Re: 2.4.12 on Pentium?

[Kristian]

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"Mark Staudinger" <mark@staudinger.net> wrote:
> That's the first thing I looked at... and my original message references 
> that.  I've tried Pentium Classic, MMX, and 386.  No such luck.
> 
> Thanks....

Can you send me your config ? (Please private. The list has traffic enough.) I'll try to build your kernel and test it with my old Pentium.

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2.4.12 on Pentium?

[Mark Staudinger]

Is there any known problem with running kernel 2.4.12 on a P54/P55 CPU?  I'm
unable to get a 2.4.12 kernel to boot on a pentium class machine, regardless
of what I choose for the "Processor Family" support in the config.

A similar (if not identical) config of kernel 2.4.5 works just fine, even if
compiled for 686/Celeron processor family.

The machine reboots during the "loading kernel...." phase and before the 
"Uncompressing kernel" boot message.

Any ideas?

-Mark

Re: 2.4.12 on Pentium?

[Drew P. Vogel]

On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Mark Staudinger wrote:

>
>Is there any known problem with running kernel 2.4.12 on a P54/P55 CPU?  I'm
>unable to get a 2.4.12 kernel to boot on a pentium class machine, regardless
>of what I choose for the "Processor Family" support in the config.
>
>A similar (if not identical) config of kernel 2.4.5 works just fine, even if
>compiled for 686/Celeron processor family.

copy the .config from the 2.4.5 directory and do a 'make oldconfig' just
to be sure.

--Drew Vogel

Re: 2.4.12 on Pentium?

[Mark Staudinger]

"Drew P. Vogel" <dvogel@intercarve.net> said:

> On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Mark Staudinger wrote:
> 
> >
> >Is there any known problem with running kernel 2.4.12 on a P54/P55 CPU?  
I'm
> >unable to get a 2.4.12 kernel to boot on a pentium class machine, 
regardless
> >of what I choose for the "Processor Family" support in the config.
> >
> >A similar (if not identical) config of kernel 2.4.5 works just fine, even 
if
> >compiled for 686/Celeron processor family.
> 
> copy the .config from the 2.4.5 directory and do a 'make oldconfig' just
> to be sure.
> 
> --Drew Vogel

Done.  Still the same symptom (reset during kernel load). I take it this isn't 
a known problem then?

-=Mark

Re: 2.4.12 on Pentium?

[Denis Vlasenko]

On 14 February 2002 17:55, Mark Staudinger wrote:
> "Drew P. Vogel" <dvogel@intercarve.net> said:
> > On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Mark Staudinger wrote:
> > >Is there any known problem with running kernel 2.4.12 on a P54/P55 CPU?
>
> I'm
>
> > >unable to get a 2.4.12 kernel to boot on a pentium class machine,
>
> regardless
>
> > >of what I choose for the "Processor Family" support in the config.
> > >
> > >A similar (if not identical) config of kernel 2.4.5 works just fine,
> > > even
>
> if
>
> > >compiled for 686/Celeron processor family.
> >
> > copy the .config from the 2.4.5 directory and do a 'make oldconfig' just
> > to be sure.
> >
> > --Drew Vogel
>
> Done.  Still the same symptom (reset during kernel load). I take it this
> isn't a known problem then?

Do the same with latest 2.4
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vda

Re: 2.4.12 on Pentium?

[Bill Davidsen]

On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Mark Staudinger wrote:

> Is there any known problem with running kernel 2.4.12 on a P54/P55 CPU?  I'm
> unable to get a 2.4.12 kernel to boot on a pentium class machine, regardless
> of what I choose for the "Processor Family" support in the config.
> 
> A similar (if not identical) config of kernel 2.4.5 works just fine, even if
> compiled for 686/Celeron processor family.
> 
> The machine reboots during the "loading kernel...." phase and before the 
> "Uncompressing kernel" boot message.

I don't believe there's a problem here, I've run 2.4.5, 2.4.10, 2.4.13,
and 2.4.17 on both P5 and P5C (yes/no MMX) without problems. Sounds more
like a boot loader problem, does your LILO need 'linear' or something?

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