From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Yuhong Bao <yuhongbao_386@hotmail.com>
Cc: chris@csamuel.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, tglx@linutronix.de,
mingo@redhat.com, x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.38.3 and 2.6.39-rc4 hangs after "Booting the kernel" on quad Pentium Pro system
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:26:03 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DB238BB.2010204@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SNT125-W632CB71E47020C0C05FBDCC3940@phx.gbl>
On 04/22/2011 06:46 PM, Yuhong Bao wrote:
>
> If it was really BIOS-e801 and not BIOS-88 returning this, looks like this is probably a kernel bug in the parsing of the results.
>>> This would be easy to diagnose with DOS DEBUG with no himem.sys
>>> loaded.
>>
>> Would be happy to try with some instructions if it would help.
> Enter these instructions using the A command and execute with the T command:
> mov AX, E801
> INT 15
> INT 3
> And provide the results of the AX, BX, CX, and DX registers after the INT 15h.
>
Executing these from DOS DEBUG won't give you real results, because DOS
intercepts this call.
-hpa
--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-04-23 2:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-04-22 13:33 Chris Samuel
2011-04-22 13:46 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-04-22 19:09 ` Yinghai Lu
2011-04-22 19:29 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-04-22 19:46 ` Yinghai Lu
2011-04-23 0:20 ` Chris Samuel
2011-04-22 16:34 ` Alan Cox
2011-04-23 0:16 ` Chris Samuel
2011-04-23 1:28 ` Yuhong Bao
2011-04-23 1:35 ` Chris Samuel
2011-04-23 1:46 ` Yuhong Bao
2011-04-23 2:26 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2011-04-23 2:31 ` Yuhong Bao
2011-04-23 4:33 ` Chris Samuel
2011-04-23 5:22 ` Chris Samuel
[not found] ` <SNT125-W25B0C502FF72465BC6B55BC3940@phx.gbl>
[not found] ` <201104231855.47680.chris@csamuel.org>
2011-04-23 10:47 ` FW: " Yuhong Bao
2011-04-23 13:52 ` Thomas Meyer
2011-04-23 17:51 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-04-23 23:24 ` Chris Samuel
2011-04-24 0:16 ` Chris Samuel
2011-04-24 0:22 ` Chris Samuel
2011-04-24 8:46 ` Yinghai Lu
2011-04-25 11:13 ` Chris Samuel
2011-04-25 23:25 ` [tip:x86/urgent] x86, setup: When probing memory with e801, use ax/bx as a pair tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2011-04-26 4:50 ` Chris Samuel
2011-04-26 8:12 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-04-27 3:30 ` Chris Samuel
2011-05-05 11:57 ` Chris Samuel
2011-05-05 12:10 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-05-06 11:47 ` Chris Samuel
2011-05-06 12:04 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-05-06 12:10 ` Chris Samuel
2011-05-30 4:54 ` Yuhong Bao
2011-04-23 2:03 ` 2.6.38.3 and 2.6.39-rc4 hangs after "Booting the kernel" on quad Pentium Pro system H. Peter Anvin
2011-04-23 6:43 ` Chris Samuel
[not found] ` <1ac2dd46-0677-4be6-aca0-f8787da34cee@email.android.com>
2011-04-23 1:36 ` Chris Samuel
2011-04-23 9:35 ` Alan Cox
2011-04-23 10:35 ` Chris Samuel
2011-04-23 11:32 ` Chris Samuel
2011-04-23 13:11 ` Chris Samuel
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