From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from hotmail.com (bay109-f30.bay109.hotmail.com [64.4.19.40]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61CCD67A79 for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:44:01 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1149827915.12687.55.camel@localhost.localdomain> From: "Christophe Simon" To: benh@kernel.crashing.org Subject: Re: Linux kernel 2.6 on IBM RS/6000 7025-F40 Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:43:55 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Hi, Sorry, I was long. I tried to boot my 7025-F40 with this kernel http://www.solinno.co.uk/7043-140/files/2.6.9-rc2/ (the novga version) but the I have a kernel panic while booting. Here's what is printed out on my terminal : ******************************************************************** loaded at: 01000400 0116BF4C relocated to: 00800000 0096BB4C zimage at: 00805A30 009623BC avail ram: 00400000 00800000 Linux/PPC load: console=tty0 console=ttyS0 root=/dev/sda3 Uncompressing Linux...done. Now booting the kernel Total memory = 384MB; using 1024kB for hash table (at c0400000) Linux version 2.6.9-rc2 (leigh@george) (gcc version 3.3.2) #5 Wed Sep 15 14:43:1 9 BST 2004 PReP architecture IBM planar ID: ff MPIC at 0xdffc0000 (0x1ffc0000), length 0x00040000 mapped to 0xeffbf000 Built 1 zonelists Kernel command line: console=tty0 console=ttyS0 root=/dev/sda3 OpenPIC Version 1.0 (4 CPUs and 16 IRQ sources) at effbf000 OpenPIC timer frequency is 4.166666 MHz PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 11, 32768 bytes) time_init: decrementer frequency = 16.662524 MHz Console: colour dummy device 80x25 Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes) Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes) Memory: 385024k available (2240k kernel code, 1004k data, 164k init, 0k highmem) Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) NET: Registered protocol family 16 PCI: Probing PCI hardware Machine check in kernel mode. Caused by (from SRR1=c9030): Unknown values in msr Oops: machine check, sig: 7 [#1] NIP: C001AA28 LR: C02F8734 SP: C03F1F70 REGS: c03f1ec0 TRAP: 0200 Not tainted MSR: 000c9030 EE: 1 PR: 0 FP: 0 ME: 1 IR/DR: 11 TASK = c082dba0[1] 'swapper' THREAD: c03f0000Last syscall: 120 GPR00: C02F8720 C03F1F70 C082DBA0 C0252DF8 C0252D7C C0330000 C0340000 448FE150 GPR08: C0330000 C0330000 00000005 80800864 24000028 00000000 00000000 00000000 GPR16: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 A5040113 00000000 00000000 00000000 GPR24: 00000000 00C1AA00 40000000 2F646576 00000000 C0330000 00000001 00000000 Call trace: [c02f378c] [c02ee690] [c0003b8c] [c000a96c] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! <0>Rebooting in 180 seconds.. ******************************************************************** After that I tried with a stock 2.6.16.19 kernel thinking that perhaps this machine was integrated, but noting appears on the terminal (not even the "Linux/PPC load:" statement...) and the server reboots, and reboots again... Is it from any help ? Is there something to do to have a working 2.6 kernel on an 7025-F40 ? Thanks a lot Christophe SIMON >From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt >To: Christophe Simon >CC: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org >Subject: Re: Linux kernel 2.6 on IBM RS/6000 7025-F40 >Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:38:35 +1000 > >On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 15:30 +0000, Christophe Simon wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > Did someone succeeded in compiling a running 2.6 kernel on an IBM >RS/6000 > > 7025-F40 (PReP arch) ? I have one of these machines, and it runs with a > > 2.4.22 kernel built using the instructions gathered on > > http://www.solinno.co.uk/7043-140/ > > > > It seems that this machine is quite problematic. > > > > I tried to compile my own kernel with a stock 2.6.16.19, and after that > > 2.6.7 patched with the files I found for the 2.6.7 (at > > http://www.solinno.co.uk/7043-140/files/2.6.7/), but the system refuses >to > > boot with those twoo kernels (the machine reboots or freezes before >writing > > any piece of information on the console...). > > > > The site seems not to move anymore, and I'd like to have a 2.6 kernel > > running because of his better performances ans extended functionalities, >and > > I'd like not to be stalled on 2.4.22 kernel... > > > > I crawled the web hours and hours (Google is my friend, but it didn't >help > > me...) and I didn't find anything... > >I've successfully booted a 43p, I don't know about F40 though. What is >the last message on the console when you try to boot the kernel ? > >Ben. > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Hotmail sur i-mode™ : envoyez et recevez des e-mails depuis votre téléphone portable ! http://www.msn.fr/hotmailimode/