From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 22:53:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 22:53:28 -0500 Received: from smtp.mountain.net ([198.77.1.35]:45830 "EHLO riker.mountain.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 22:53:12 -0500 Message-ID: <3A5BDC9C.B2A05BC5@mountain.net> Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 22:53:00 -0500 From: Tom Leete X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.0 i486) X-Accept-Language: en-US,en-GB,en,fr,es,it,de,ru MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rob@sysgo.de CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Anybody got 2.4.0 running on a 386 ? In-Reply-To: <01010922090000.02630@rob> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Robert Kaiser wrote: > > Hi list, > > I can't seem to get the new 2.4.0 kernel running on a 386 CPU. > The kernel was built for a 386 Processor, Math emulation has been enabled. > I tried three different 386 boards. Execution seems to get as far as > pagetable_init() in arch/i386/mm/init.c, then it falls back into the BIOS as > if someone had pressed the reset button. The same kernel boots fine on > 486 and Pentium Systems. ^^^ > > Any ideas/suggestions ? > > Rob > This may be off the wall, but since the 386 is diskless the kernel was obviously built elsewhere. Had that tree previously been used for a 486 build? You might decompile vmlinux and look for non-386 instructions at or prior to the crash point. It might be faster to recompile from 'make mrproper' and see if it works then. Tom - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/