From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse@amd.com>
Cc: Joerg Pommnitz <pommnitz@yahoo.com>,
cebbert@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Regression in 2.6.23-pre Was: Problems with 2.6.23-rc6 on AMD Geode LX800
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:57:58 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46FA8F96.9060208@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070926154106.GG7582@cosmic.amd.com>
Jordan Crouse wrote:
>
> As background, I'm using syslinux 3.36 as my loader here - I've used this
> exact same version for a very long time, so I don't blame it in the least.
> Something is getting confused in the early kernel, and whatever that
> something is, a still unknown change in a newer version of the BIOS
> fixed it. The search goes on.
>
OK, we should put printf's in arch/i386/boot/memory.c and see what
actually gets read out from the BIOS. This could either be a BIOS
problem or a bug in memory.c (or a bug elsewhere in the code that the
change in memory.c triggers, but that seems less likely.)
-hpa
P.S. Are you guys in the Bay Area by any chance?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-09-26 16:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-09-26 10:56 Regression in 2.6.23-pre Was: Problems with 2.6.23-rc6 on AMD Geode LX800 Joerg Pommnitz
2007-09-26 14:10 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-09-26 15:41 ` Jordan Crouse
2007-09-26 16:57 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2007-09-26 19:14 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-09-26 20:58 ` Jordan Crouse
2007-09-26 21:04 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-09-26 21:15 ` Jordan Crouse
2007-09-26 21:20 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-09-26 21:30 ` Jordan Crouse
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-09-26 15:28 Joerg Pommnitz
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