2.6.22 booting hangs after "INIT: version 2.86 booting"

2.6.22 booting hangs after "INIT: version 2.86 booting"

[Max Alekseyev]

Hello!

I have trouble with booting linux kernel 2.6.22 from kernel.org on my
AMD dual-Opteron 250 system.
The booting stops right after printing line "INIT: version 2.86
booting". Nothing happens after that, but it is not a hardware hang as
keyboard leds respond to pressing Caps/Num lock keys.

If I boot with init=/bin/sh parameter I successfully get into the
shell but attempts to run scripts from /etc/rcS.d/ all end up with
Segmentation faults, e.g.:

# sh -x /etc/rcS.d/S01glibc.sh
++ uname -s
Segmentation fault

I am not sure where these segfaults happen as running programs like
'uname' directly from the shell works OK.

The 2.6.22 configuration is derived from the working 2.6.21 one. The
kernel 2.6.21 boots on the very same system without any problems.
Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Max

Re: 2.6.22 booting hangs after "INIT: version 2.86 booting"

[Max Alekseyev]

It happened that this weird behavior was caused by gcc-4.2 compiler.
After recompiling the kernel with gcc-4.1 all troubles have gone.

Max

On 7/11/07, Max Alekseyev <maxale@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have trouble with booting linux kernel 2.6.22 from kernel.org on my
> AMD dual-Opteron 250 system.
> The booting stops right after printing line "INIT: version 2.86
> booting". Nothing happens after that, but it is not a hardware hang as
> keyboard leds respond to pressing Caps/Num lock keys.
>
> If I boot with init=/bin/sh parameter I successfully get into the
> shell but attempts to run scripts from /etc/rcS.d/ all end up with
> Segmentation faults, e.g.:
>
> # sh -x /etc/rcS.d/S01glibc.sh
> ++ uname -s
> Segmentation fault
>
> I am not sure where these segfaults happen as running programs like
> 'uname' directly from the shell works OK.
>
> The 2.6.22 configuration is derived from the working 2.6.21 one. The
> kernel 2.6.21 boots on the very same system without any problems.
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Max
>

Re: 2.6.22 booting hangs after "INIT: version 2.86 booting"

[Adrian Bunk]

On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 06:31:10PM -0700, Max Alekseyev wrote:
> It happened that this weird behavior was caused by gcc-4.2 compiler.
> After recompiling the kernel with gcc-4.1 all troubles have gone.

Were you using the known-bad 4.2-20070707-1 package from Debian unstable 
or a different compiler?

> Max

cu
Adrian

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Re: 2.6.22 booting hangs after "INIT: version 2.86 booting"

[Max Alekseyev]

On 7/13/07, Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 06:31:10PM -0700, Max Alekseyev wrote:
> > It happened that this weird behavior was caused by gcc-4.2 compiler.
> > After recompiling the kernel with gcc-4.1 all troubles have gone.
>
> Were you using the known-bad 4.2-20070707-1 package from Debian unstable
> or a different compiler?

Your guess is correct. It was Debian 4.2-20070707-1 package.

Regards,
Max