Re: kernel won't boot on a Cyrix MediaGXm (Geode )

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]

* Samuel Sieb <samuel@sieb.net> wrote:

> Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> * Samuel Sieb <samuel@sieb.net> wrote:
>>
>>>> The only critical tweak I found is the one that changes the  
>>>> "Performance Control Incrementer" because its settings depends on 
>>>> the CPU's core frequency. Maybe this tweak should be removed, 
>>>> because the BIOS (hopefully) set it in a way the hardware supports.
>>> This was the only line that was a problem.  See the other branch of  
>>> this thread with Juergen Beisert.
>>
>> any patch we should pick up to make your box boot?
>
> Are you suggesting I should make the patch or you're just asking which 
> lines?  What I did to make a kernel that boots was to comment out the 
> line that calls the incrementor setup function.  It sounds like the 
> stepping 2 version doesn't have the problem, so if possible could you 
> call the function based on it not being a stepping 1 CPU?

yes, please send a patch we can apply. You did all the hard work 
tracking down this bug, you should get the credit as well :)

	Ingo