Re: kernel 2.6.23-rc6 hangs on Geode GX1

["Marco Tralli" <marco.tralli@snapon.com>]

> On Thursday, 27 September 2007 17:22, Jordan Crouse wrote:
> > On 27/09/07 17:30 +0200, R. J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > On Thursday, 27 September 2007 16:44, Marco Tralli wrote:
> > > > Hello all,
> > > >
> > > > I have random hangs on kernel boot or after few minutes on a NatSemi
Geode
> > > > GX1 based PC-104 (from Advantech) using kernel 2.6.23-rc6. The
system locks,
> > > > no way to use SysRq key, no usefull logs.
> > >
> > > Please see: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9086
> >
> > Thats a different bug, I believe.  The symptoms are different.  Plus,
that
> > was a more modern LX processor, while this is a GX1 which doesn't share
> > any code with the LX BIOS, so it would be a huge coincidence if they
were
> > affected by the same problem.
>
> Well, I'd check anyway. :-)
>


I confirm that 2.6.23-rc8-git2 does not solve my problem with Geode GX1
boot messages shows the same BIOS-E820 maps
after few second or sometime one minute from boot it hangs the system

Again disabling specific performance tricks for GX1/GXm (geode_configure in
cyrix.c) fix my problem.

Please note that I'm using a very minimal embedded PC with minimal (no swap,
no modules, etc..) kernel configuration, no other sw is running other than
statically linked bash.

Thanks
Marco