From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753365AbbAEK07 (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jan 2015 05:26:59 -0500 Received: from mail.windriver.com ([147.11.1.11]:58369 "EHLO mail.windriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751511AbbAEK04 (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jan 2015 05:26:56 -0500 Message-ID: <54AA66E0.6050504@windriver.com> Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 18:26:40 +0800 From: yzhu1 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Juergen Gross , =?KOI8-R?Q?=F0=CC=C1=CD=C5=CE_=F0=C5?= =?KOI8-R?Q?=D4=D2=CF=D7?= , CC: "'Thomas Gleixner'" Subject: Re: [BISECTED] 3.19-rc1 regression - kernel does not load in GRUB 0.97 (GRUB Legacy) References: <000001d01f10$85f506f0$91df14d0$@petrovi.no-ip.info> <549EB88D.20403@suse.com> <000301d0226e$bb275b50$317611f0$@petrovi.no-ip.info> <549FE582.8060108@suse.com> In-Reply-To: <549FE582.8060108@suse.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="koi8-r"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Originating-IP: [128.224.162.232] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 12/28/2014 07:12 PM, Juergen Gross wrote: > On 12/28/2014 08:20 AM, Пламен Петров wrote: >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Juergen Gross [mailto:jgross@suse.com] >>> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2014 3:48 PM >>> To: Пламен Петров; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >>> Cc: 'Thomas Gleixner' >>> Subject: Re: [BISECTED] 3.19-rc1 regression - kernel does not load >>> in GRUB >>> 0.97 (GRUB Legacy) >>> >>> On 12/24/2014 01:28 AM, Пламен Петров wrote: >>>> Hello! >>>> >>>> I use GRUB Legacy bootloader (version 0.97) on a couple machines, and >>>> where 3.18.x loads fine, 3.19-rc1 does not. >>>> >>>> While compiling I used the attached .config file accompanied by "make >>>> olddefconfig" >>> >>> Can you tell me something about the hardware (processor model)? >>> You are not booting the system under VMWare by any chance? >> >> As a matter of fact - I am compiling in a VMware Player (6.0.3 >> build-1895310) virtual machine, boot testing there, and then if >> everything >> is OK, I transfer the monolithic kernel produced on 3 virtual >> machines that >> run on EXSi and 2 actual servers. So along those lines - the failing >> 3.19-rc1 never saw actual hardware - it was all tested (and bisected) >> inside >> a VM. > > Thanks. VMWare having problems with my patch is a known issue. I've > already sent a patch working around that issue (VMWare has a bug > emulating the PAT MSR). You can either use that patch (attached for > your convenience) or use the "nopat" option. > > > Juergen > This patch works for me. I made tests with this patch. Zhu Yanjun