From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Chen, Kenneth W" Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 18:19:34 +0000 Subject: RE: BUG 2.6.7 hangs on boot (rx2600) Message-Id: <200406291817.i5TIHlY14044@unix-os.sc.intel.com> List-Id: References: <20040622061505.GA23075@cup.hp.com> In-Reply-To: <20040622061505.GA23075@cup.hp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org Jesse Barnes wrote on Tuesday, June 29, 2004 11:14 AM > > > > > I tried both of these on a machine that doesn't have memory at the > > > > > stock kernel load address, and it failed very early on. However, it > > > > > works with the attached patch. > > > > > > > > Let me confirm what I understand: > > > > David's bk tree doesn't boot. > > > > David's bk tree + 2 patches I posted this morning doesn't boot. > > > > > > > > Is that correct? > > > > > > Correct. David's tree hangs at a later point though, after printing > > > "Console: ... 80x25". > > > > I presume David's bk tree plus this patch also hung on your machine? > > http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/linux-ia64/0406/10162.html > > Yep. It gets as far as David's tree plus your patches from this morning. Looks like there are more places where kernel does "virt -> phys -> virt". And conversion from phys to virt is setting 3 msb to 1. - Ken