From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752930AbZIFF1v (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Sep 2009 01:27:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752440AbZIFF1v (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Sep 2009 01:27:51 -0400 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.26.193]:52445 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752280AbZIFF1u (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Sep 2009 01:27:50 -0400 Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 07:27:45 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: VirginSnow@vfemail.net Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PROBLEM: kernel reboot before Decompressing Linux, after setting video mode Message-ID: <20090906052745.GD1324@ucw.cz> References: <86tyzjg3df.fsf@cmarib.ramside> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <86tyzjg3df.fsf@cmarib.ramside> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu 2009-09-03 20:49:48, VirginSnow@vfemail.net wrote: > [1.] One line summary of the problem: > > Linux kernel 2.6.30.5 reboots after setting video mode, but > before issuing the "Decompressing Linux" message. Did earlier kernels work with same config? If yes, then that's rather nasty regression; cc rjw and see what happens :-). Pavel > [2.] Full description of the problem/report: > > I just compiled a kernel from the official 2.6.30.5 sources using > gcc 3.4.4. "make xconfig" was used to configure the kernel, and > the .config was NOT edited by hand. EARLY_PRINTK=y in .config. > > Initial builds failed due to unresolved ".L1234" symbols. Using > "make xconfig" to disable uncompilable code resulted in a > successful kernel build. > > Booting the resulting kernel outputs the message "Probing EDD" > and then reboots. Passing "edd=on" or "edd=off" on the kernel > command line does not help; the kernel always reboots. > > Passing "vga=ask" allows me to select a video mode, which appears > to take effect properly. Immediately after setting the video > mode, however, the machine reboots. > > The problem behavior is repeatable and consistent. -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html