Re: Unknown CPU in 2.6.29-rc1

[Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us>]

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On Friday 16 January 2009 08:32:17 am you wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:58:32PM +0200, Meelis Roos wrote:
> > After Sam's insw/... fix, todays 2.6.29-rc1+git boots up and seems fo
> > work on E3500 with 2 USII-400's. However, the CPU has suddenly became
> > unknown (it was known in 2.6.27):
> >
> > [  136.434591] CPU: Unknown chip, impl[0x17] vers[0x11]
> > [  136.434649] FPU: Unknown chip, impl[0x17] vers[0x11]
>
> Did you expect:
> CPU: TI UltraSparc II  (BlackBird)
> FPU: UltraSparc II integrated FPU
>
> Ohh, I see why.
> The sucker that updated kernel/cpu.c did a poor job doing so.
> (For reference: it was me)
>
> I assume manufacturer_info can be indexed but it needs to be searched.
> Will likely fix tonight if you do not beat me.
>
> I think I know why I did this mistake, as I really did not make up
> my mind what approach to use and ended up mixing it.
>
> [For the record I do not have a sparc to test it on.
> My SUN Blade 100 are cauing me troubles..]
if its locking up regularly try appending ide=nodma to the kernel line.

Dennis

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