From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261933AbUBWQFZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:05:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261941AbUBWQFY (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:05:24 -0500 Received: from bristol.phunnypharm.org ([65.207.35.130]:62124 "EHLO bristol.phunnypharm.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261933AbUBWQFR (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:05:17 -0500 Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 10:45:49 -0500 From: Ben Collins To: Lucas Nussbaum Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mathieu.castet@ensimag.imag.fr, tester@tester.ca, alban.crequy@apinc.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.3 still doesn't boot on UltraSparc I Message-ID: <20040223154549.GF4407@phunnypharm.org> References: <20040210163232.GA2107@blop.info> <20040223133213.GA24179@blop.info> <20040223132502.GB4407@phunnypharm.org> <20040223150610.GA24673@blop.info> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040223150610.GA24673@blop.info> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 04:06:10PM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 08:25:02AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > > So backing down to silo < 1.4.0 works with the new head.S on UltraSPARC > > I? I don't think the problem itself is in head.S. Changing that would > > force silo 1.4.x to not keep the kernel in high memory (would copy it > > back down to 0x4000 where the old silo would have put it). I am guessing > > the problem is elsewhere. > > > > Try this, keep the new head.S and newer SILO, and edit head.S so that > > "HdrS version" is 0x202 instead of 0x300. See if that boots for you > > (would confirm my suspicion). > > It boots correctly this way. What can we do to help now ? Can you enable CONFIG_DEBUG_BOOTMEM and boot with "linux -p"? -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ WatchGuard - http://www.watchguard.com/