Re: [Linux-ia64] new kernel diff (relative to 2.3.99-pre5)

[Johannes Erdfelt <jerdfelt@valinux.com>]

On Tue, Apr 25, 2000, Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@sgi.com> wrote:
> I applied this patch to a stock 2.3.99pre5 kernel and compiled it with
> the 3/23 toolchain snapshot + patches and SMP turned on.  The compile
> went ok under a 2.3.51 up kernel, but when I try to boot I get the
> message below and it hangs.  I thought I remembered someone else having
> this problem, but I couldn't find it in my mail archives.  Is there a
> simple solution?  I'm running a 2p Lion box with A3 processors & 2 GB of
> RAM.
> 
> fs0:\> eli vmlinux-2.3.99pre5smp root=/dev/sda2
> Booting `vmlinux-2.3.99pre5smp' acpi_get_vectors
> origin = 000000007FCDEE88
> bus = 0
> num_vector = B
> bus = 1
> num_vector = 9
> bus = 2
> num_vector = C
> bus = 3
> num_vector = C
> bus = 4
> num_vector = 8
> bus = 5
> num_vector = 8
> bus = 6
> num_vector = 8
> unable to find _SB_.PCI7
> Terminating boot services

This usually means that the kernel failed booting somehow.

There was a problem with one firmware version which didn't setup the ACPI
tables correctly which caused a problem.

You may want to try turning on early printk support. Don't forget to set
the video mode to 80x50 before running eli.

Then you'll see where it failed.

JE