From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762714AbYDDNIw (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Apr 2008 09:08:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761476AbYDDNBg (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Apr 2008 09:01:36 -0400 Received: from caffeine.csclub.uwaterloo.ca ([129.97.134.17]:51843 "EHLO caffeine.csclub.uwaterloo.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1761111AbYDDNBe (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Apr 2008 09:01:34 -0400 Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 09:01:33 -0400 To: Michael Tokarev Cc: Linux-kernel Subject: Re: 2.6.24 still doesn't boot on i486.. Message-ID: <20080404130133.GF24239@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> References: <47F5EE6A.6080705@msgid.tls.msk.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47F5EE6A.6080705@msgid.tls.msk.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 01:01:30PM +0400, Michael Tokarev wrote: > Just a follow-up on my earlier bugreport, when > 2.6.23 first come out.... > > 2.6.24 seems to not boot on i486-class hardware. > The machine reboots right after "Booting linux" > message. 2.6.22 was the last worked kernel. > > The relevant config entries are: > > CONFIG_TICK_ONESHOT=y > CONFIG_NO_HZ=y > CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y > CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BUILD=y > CONFIG_X86_PC=y > CONFIG_M486=y > CONFIG_X86_GENERIC=y > CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y <-- is it right? > CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=7 > CONFIG_X86_XADD=y > CONFIG_X86_PPRO_FENCE=y > CONFIG_X86_F00F_BUG=y > CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y > CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y > CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y > CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y > CONFIG_X86_ALIGNMENT_16=y > CONFIG_X86_INTEL_USERCOPY=y > CONFIG_X86_MINIMUM_CPU_FAMILY=4 > CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC=y > CONFIG_X86_UP_IOAPIC=y > CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y > CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y > CONFIG_X86_MCE=y > CONFIG_X86_MCE_NONFATAL=y > CONFIG_X86_MCE_P4THERMAL=y > CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y > CONFIG_VMSPLIT_3G=y > > Compiled with gcc (GCC) 4.2.3 (Debian 4.2.3-2). > > This email is also a JFYI-style email. Yesterday > I tried to debug this issue but discovered that the > power unit of that machine failed. Well, it still > works and the machine boots, but at the same time > it smells like frosted/fried plastic ;) So I don't > have i486 hardware anymore to test things on... > > And now I wonder if I'm the only person in this world > with i486 machine... ;) I have one that works flawlessly. :) 15 years of mostly 24/7 operation and still going. The last 9 years has been as a firewall/router/fileserver. -- Len Sorensen