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On 06/05/2012 12:00 PM, Jim Faulkner wrote:
> Hi all, I haven't been able to boot any kernels after linux 3.2 on my
> SGI O2.  I've tried linux-3.3.5 and linux-3.4.0, but neither would boot.
> Unfortunately I don't have further information such as a kernel panic,
> since I don't get any video output after the kernel is loaded.  I've
> attached my linux-3.4 .config.  Anybody know what patches I might need
> to get the latest kernels booting on this system?
>

I have had problems as well.

Someone should configure a serial console and early printk to see if 
they can see what is happening.

David Daney