From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 95FD24840 for ; Tue, 4 May 2004 13:56:13 -0600 (MDT) From: Helge Deller To: James Bottomley Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] palo-1.4 broken on 32bit ? Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 21:56:01 +0200 References: <200405042136.28626.deller@gmx.de> <1083700007.1722.2.camel@mulgrave> In-Reply-To: <1083700007.1722.2.camel@mulgrave> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Message-Id: <200405042156.02014.deller@gmx.de> Cc: PARISC list List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Tuesday 04 May 2004 21:46, James Bottomley wrote: > On Tue, 2004-05-04 at 14:36, Helge Deller wrote: > > after apt-get upgrading to palo_1.4_hppa.deb it seems, that palo-1.4 isn't able any longer to boot up a 32bit Linux kernel on a 32bit Machine. > > I've run several tests on a B180L, and only after downgrading to palo-1.3 I was able to boot again. > > > > Am I the only one seeing this problem ? > > Anyone maybe has an idea what has been changed ? > > Well, it works just fine for me: > > redscar:~# palo -v > palo version 1.4 bame@c3k Fri Mar 26 16:18:35 MST 2004 > ELF32 executable > Partition Start(MB) End(MB) Id Type > 1 1 257 82 swap > 2 258 277 f0 Palo > 3 278 2045 83 ext2 > 4 2046 4094 83 ext2 > F0 partition start sector 527744 length 41230 > do_ra(1, 5, 3, -1, '3/boot/vmlinux initrd=3/boot/initrd.img > root=/dev/sda3 HOME=/ console=ttyS0 console=tty0', 4, -1, 270204928, > 21109760) > check_bootloader 213 > checksum(0x2f2b0, 36864) = 0x00000000 > ipl: addr 270204928 size 36864 entry 0x0 > ko 0x0 ksz 0 k64o 0x0 k64sz 0 rdo 0 rdsz 0 > <3/boot/vmlinux initrd=3/boot/initrd.img root=/dev/sda3 HOME=/ > console=ttyS0 console=tty0> > check_bootloader 650 > checksum(0x262a8, 36864) = 0x00000000 > ipl: addr 270204928 size 36864 entry 0x0 > ko 0x101f0000 ksz 3421952 k64o 0x0 k64sz 0 rdo 0 rdsz 0 > <3/boot/vmlinux initrd=3/boot/initrd.img root=/dev/sda3 HOME=/ > console=ttyS0 console=tty0> > redscar:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo > processor : 0 > cpu family : PA-RISC 1.1e > cpu : PA7300LC (PCX-L2) > cpu MHz : 180.000000 > model : 9000/778/B180L > model name : Merlin L2+ 180 (9000/778/B180L) > hversion : 0x00005040 > sversion : 0x00000481 > I-cache : 64 KB > D-cache : 64 KB (WB) > ITLB entries : 96 > DTLB entries : 96 - shared with ITLB > BTLB fixed : max. 16384 pages, pagesize=4096 (64MB) > BTLB fix-entr. : 0 instruction, 0 data (8 combined) > BTLB var-entr. : 0 instruction, 0 data (0 combined) > bogomips : 119.60 > software id : 2012752031 > > However, there have been several reports of intermittent failures with > later versions of palo; if you could actually track the issue down, that > would be greatly appreciated. > > The current thought is that it's a command line issue (i.e. embedding a > commmand line >128 characters in palo causes failures). Ok, I will test this tomorrow (the machine is in the office).. Thanks for the hint, Helge