Re: 2.4.17-rc1 does not boot my Alphas

[Peter Rival <frival@zk3.dec.com>]

Try again, this time adding "srmcons" to the boot flags.  You're croaking
before we get the console set up under Linux so none of the boot messages are
getting out; srmcons uses the SRM console to print its messages.  This won't
fix the bugs, but at least we'll be able to see exactly where you die.

 - Pete

Michal Jaegermann wrote:

> I just happen to have an access right now to two Alpha machines,
> UP1100 and UP1500, both with Nautilus chipset.  Neither of these
> can be booted with 2.4.16 or 2.4.17rc1. On an attempt to boot
> I can see only messages from a boot loader (aboot):
> .....
> zero-filling 155872 bytes at 0xffffc0000ad1308
> starting kernel vmlinux.......
>
> and that is it.  The only thing which works now is a power switch.
> The same happens if I try 2.4.17aa1rc1 (Andrea patches).
>
> A kernel with the highest version which I managed to boot so far,
> on both machines, is 2.4.13-ac8.  Anybody with a handly on what is
> going on?  I did not check yet if various Alpha specific patches
> which were present in "ac" were merged into mainline.  But so
> far things seem to be quite thorougly broken for Alpha (or at
> least Nautilus).
>
>   Michal
>   michal@harddata.com
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