Re: Does 2.6.17.11 kernel work on HP zx6000?

H. J. Lu
2006-09-12T16:51:39Z

On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 10:10:02AM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Friday 08 September 2006 17:22, H. J. Lu wrote:
> > Does 2.6.17.11 kernel work on HP zx6000? After uncompressing
> > kernel and loading initrd, kernel stops.
>
> 2.6.17.11 has an ia64 build problem. After I fixed that with
> this patch:
> http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/archives/linux-ia64/0608/18861.html

I used a similar patch.

>
> I built a defconfig kernel and booted it on an rx2600 (basically
> the same box as a zx6000). The log is below.
>
> My guess is that there's something wrong with your console. Maybe
> the kernel thinks you have a VGA console and you're looking at
> serial, or vice versa. EFI can use multiple console devices, but
> the kernel generally only uses one.
>

That could be my problem. 2.6.9 works fine. How can I get it to
work?

I can hook up a serial console. What is the serial setting?

H.J.