Re: [RFC] tree-based bootmem

[William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>]

On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 01:04:11AM -0800, Chris Wright wrote:
> test results from 32-bit SPARC (sun4m).
> 2.5.1-pre1+show_trace_task (patch form DaveM)
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/wli/bootmem/bootmem-2.5.1-pre1
> applied cleanly, compiled fine, but didn't boot.


Thanks for tracking this down. Now I must find a machine to debug on...


On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 01:04:11AM -0800, Chris Wright wrote:
> boot: 2.5.1-pre1-bootmem
> Uncompressing image...
> Loading initial ramdisk....
> PROMLIB: obio_ranges 5
> Fixup b f01e9720 doesn't refer to a SETHI at f0119e34[7fffc344]
> Program terminated
> Type  help  for more information
> <#0> ok         


I'd be interested in finding out what this error means. Can anyone
comment on this?


On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 01:04:11AM -0800, Chris Wright wrote:
> so, where to go from here?  btw, i did verify that a non bootmem patched
> 2.5.1-pre1-show_tace_task kernel booted.
> # uname -a
> Linux c.sous.sol 2.5.1-pre1 #8 SMP Wed Nov 28 08:55:49 PST 2001 sparc unknown


I'm going to have to find a machine similar or identical to yours where
I can reproduce the error and debug. Any assistance toward this end is
much appreciated.


Thanks,
Bill