Re: [Linux-ia64] i2000 won't boot for me with current 2.5.69-bk

Peter Chubb
2003-05-27T03:23:30Z

>>>>> "Alex" = Alex Williamson <alex_williamson@hp.com> writes:

>> >>>>> "Peter" = Peter Chubb <peter@chubb.wattle.id.au> writes:
>>
Peter> I've tracked down the problem to something in mca.c: the second
Peter> call to get SAL error logs causes a partial reboot instead of
Peter> returning error logs. I instrumented bits of mca.c to see what
Peter> was going on (hope the printk output is self-explanatory). This
Peter> is on a uniprocessor i2000.
>> If I disable CONFIG_MCA the machine boots and appears to work
>> (except for the ps/2 keyboard and mouse).
>>

Alex> Peter,

Alex> See this thread:

Alex> https://lists.linuxia64.org/archives//linux-ia64/2003-March/004872.html

The system was running BIOS revision 130. I reflashed it, and the
problem appears to have gone away. I don't undestrand why.

Peter C