From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jes Sorensen Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:11:07 +0000 Subject: Re: [Fedora-ia64-list] kernel 2.6.16-1.2097_FC6 unbootable on Itanium Message-Id: List-Id: References: <442AB6DD.4020800@sgi.com> In-Reply-To: <442AB6DD.4020800@sgi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org >>>>> "Keith" = Keith Owens writes: Keith> Jes Sorensen (on 30 Mar 2006 03:57:04 -0500) wrote: >> Please note that if I compile the kernel on a box with an old >> installation and old toolchain the kernel boots, same source tree >> built on a system with a new installation and it doesn't boot. Keith> This sounds like a random data overwrite which depends on the Keith> exact kernel layout. Somebody else in SGI (Prarit ?) said that Keith> they compiled your failing tree on the same platform and their Keith> kernel worked. Since the build userid and the pathname to the Keith> kernel source tree are embedded in the binary, changing either Keith> of those will disturb the kernel layout, possibly making the Keith> problem move. Keith> Jes, try renaming your source tree to something with a Keith> different pathname length and rebuild the kernel. Does the Keith> problem change or go away? Moved it to /tmp/a and built there - no go. Cheers, Jes