On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 12:23:44PM -0500, Alex Winbow wrote: > On Sat, 20 Feb 2016, Helge Deller wrote: > > >On 20.02.2016 08:41, Michael Cree wrote: > >>On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 12:09:49AM -0500, Alex Winbow wrote: > >>> I'm unable to boot kernel 4.2 or 4.4 on SX164. aboot loads the kernel > >>>and the initrd successfully, then returns to the SRM prompt -- no > >>>error messages. (I'm using kernel 3.16 at present.) > >>> Are there any known issues with Linux 4.x over 3.x on alpha, or on > >>>SX164/EB164 in particular? > >>Yes, I have seen the same thing with the Debian 4.3 generic kernel. > >>But a self-built 4.3 kernel boots fine. > > > I'm glad to hear that self-built kernels do boot for both of y'all, so > there must be something in the kernel config that relates to the very early > kernel startup that is different for the generic Debian config vs. your own > configs. Any ideas what that might be? I guess I'll start by setting > machinetype from generic to SX164 and rebuilding.
Yes, that is worth trying. I had built kernels for dp264 and titan and they are working. > Possibly related: > Are you both using aboot 0.9b? I found the following post on LKML: ii aboot 1.0~pre20040408-4 alpha Linux bootloader for the SRM console Cheers Michael.
