Kernel 2.6 and the Epia M 10000 Motherboard

Dave Jones davej at redhat.com
Thu May 20 20:20:11 UTC 2004


On Thu, 2004-05-20 at 20:58, David Woakes wrote:
> I did some extensive testing using kernel-2.6.5-1.358.
> 
> The i586 compiled rpm version of this kernel causes immediate reboots 
> after the kernel is booted with no errors or other output.
> 
> I installed the source for this kernel and used the config file for the 
> installed kernel-2.6.5-1.358.  I started sticking for (;;) at various 
> places in init/main.c.  After moving it down a few times without getting 
> to a point where the machine rebooted instantly, I got bold and built 
> the kernel without any deliberate hang statements.
> 
> I was very suprised to find the kernel booted and proceeded normally to 
> the message Freeing Init Memory...., and then hung.  (I have experienced 
> the same problem with an Epia M 6000 motherboard with the 2.4 kernel, 
> though the 10000 motherboard is OK with the same Kernel).

Does booting with vdso=0 help ?
What glibc do you have ?

	Dave





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