From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Chen, Kenneth W" Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:14:56 +0000 Subject: RE: gate.S and recent toolchains Message-Id: <200603291714.k2THECg09159@unix-os.sc.intel.com> List-Id: References: <442AB0DE.1040409@sgi.com> In-Reply-To: <442AB0DE.1040409@sgi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org Russ Anderson wrote on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 8:51 AM > > Basically I am unable to build a kernel from Linus' git tree on one > > system since Monday morning, whereas it boots fine if I build it on an > > older system. I tried installing an older toolchain on this box but it > > still didn't seem to make a difference. The system boots, calls init and > > I most often get the message "INIT: 2.85 booting", then a hang. In some > > instances I don't even get the INIT message. > > It builds and boots on all the machines I have tried, > including the same build and boot machines Jes uses. > Jes can't get it to work, I can't get it to fail. Russ, do you reference __mca_table at run time? It looks like so. It's problematic that __mca_table is in __init section. Though I doubt that was the reason Jes ran into. - Ken