From: Samuel Sieb <samuel@sieb.net>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Juergen Beisert <jbe@pengutronix.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Rafael C. de Almeida" <almeidaraf@gmail.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Magnus Damm <magnus@valinux.co.jp>, takada <takada@mbf.nifty.com>
Subject: Re: kernel won't boot on a Cyrix MediaGXm (Geode )
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:58:28 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <488E08C4.20809@sieb.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080728153224.GA28495@elte.hu>
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?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-28 18:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-21 5:11 kernel won't boot on a Cyrix MediaGXm (Geode ) Samuel Sieb
2008-07-21 6:28 ` Juergen Beisert
2008-07-22 5:16 ` Samuel Sieb
2008-07-22 8:08 ` Juergen Beisert
2008-07-23 7:13 ` Samuel Sieb
2008-07-21 6:36 ` Rafael C. de Almeida
2008-07-21 11:47 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-22 5:10 ` Samuel Sieb
2008-07-22 10:24 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-22 10:51 ` Juergen Beisert
2008-07-23 7:18 ` Samuel Sieb
2008-07-28 15:32 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-28 17:58 ` Samuel Sieb [this message]
2008-07-29 9:18 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-29 8:15 ` Juergen Beisert
2008-08-07 5:06 ` Samuel Sieb
2008-08-20 9:32 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-08-20 9:44 ` Juergen Beisert
2008-08-20 10:45 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-08-20 11:03 ` Juergen Beisert
2008-08-20 11:20 ` Ingo Molnar
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