From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161050AbWGISn5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Jul 2006 14:43:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161046AbWGISn5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Jul 2006 14:43:57 -0400 Received: from dsl027-180-168.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.168]:56974 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161037AbWGISn4 (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Jul 2006 14:43:56 -0400 Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2006 11:44:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20060709.114429.109081601.davem@davemloft.net> To: mikpe@it.uu.se Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.18-rc1 fails to boot on Ultra 5 From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <200607091040.k69AewNu019891@harpo.it.uu.se> References: <200607091040.k69AewNu019891@harpo.it.uu.se> X-Mailer: Mew version 4.2 on Emacs 21.4 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) 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 From: Mikael Pettersson Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2006 12:40:58 +0200 (MEST) > 2.6.17-git7 was the last development kernel to boot on my U5. > 2.6.17-git8 to -git15 all hang immediately after being loaded. > 2.6.17-git16 to 2.6.18-rc1 partially boot but crash and burn in > different places depending on kernel configuration: my standard > config got alignment exceptions in the floppy driver followed by > (sabre?) PCI errors and a hang; a minimal kernel gets further but > fails "su" probe and then oopses hard when the /dev/hda partition > table is about to be printed. > > I'll try to capture the kernel messages soon, but I don't have > a null-modem serial cable to the U5 yet, and my attempts to use > a digital camera only resulted in blurry pictures of the screen :-( I have an ultra5 here, I'll give it some testing. I bet I messed up the interrupt mapping register handling for the Sabre pci controller. Thanks for the report.