Re: IP22 doesn't shutdown properly

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>]

On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 06:12:27PM +0000, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> Date:	Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:12:27 +0000
> From:	Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
> To:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
> Cc:	linux-mips@linux-mips.org, jblache@debian.org
> Subject: Re: IP22 doesn't shutdown properly
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> * Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> [2006-02-19 16:52]:
> > > beginning, the light on the Indy is green but after about 20 seconds
> > > it turns red.  Nothing happens on the console and the machine doesn't
> > > turn off.  Seen on Indy and Indigo2.
> > > Anyone got a fix?
> > No.  Do you know when this problems started?
> 
> A long time ago, it seems.  I can trace it back to 2.6.9;
> unfortunately I don't get any older kernel to run/compile, possibily
> because my toolchain isn't old enough (I even installed the SDE that's
> based on 3.3).
> 
> Here's what I got:
> 
> 2.6.15 - broken
> 2.6.14 - broken
> 2.6.13 - broken
> 2.6.10 - broken
> 2.6.9 - broken
> 2.6.8 - hangs after download (SDE)
> 2.6.6 - hangs after download (SDE)
> 2.6.5 - hangs after download (SDE)
> 2.6.4 - hangs after download (SDE)
> 2.6.3 - fails to load with: Text start 0x8000000, size 0x25e998 doesn't
>           fit in a FreeMemory area.

Somehow this all sounds suspicious.  I ran at least a few of those kernels
on my own Indy.

> 2.6.1 - doesn't compile

Okay, I had to try this one.  Clear case of bitrot.  Don't use fancy
new compilers with that kernel, it doesn't like them.

  Ralf