Hello! I'm new on mips world, and new to the list. And i'm not pretty sure if this is the correct one to send this question.
I'm testing vmlinux-3.0.0-1-4kc-malta kernel, on qemu-mipsel. I run it with this line: ./qemu-system-mipsel -M malta -m 128 -cpu 4Kc -kernel $KERNEL -hda debian_wheezy_mipsel_std.qcow2 -append "root=/dev/sda1" -nographic This same line, but running it with $KERNEL=vmlinux-2.6.32-5-4kc-malta works fine. (yes i update from squeeze) but with vmliux-3.0 I get this kernel panic: [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu [ 0.000000] Linux version 3.0.0-1-4kc-malta (Debian 3.0.0-1) ( [email protected]) (gcc version 4.5.3 (Debian 4.5.3-3) ) #1 Mon Jul 25 14:35:25 UTC 2011 [ 0.000000] Config serial console: console=ttyS0,38400n8r [ 0.000000] bootconsole [early0] enabled [ 0.000000] CPU revision is: 00018000 (MIPS 4Kc) [ 0.000000] Determined physical RAM map: [ 0.000000] memory: 00001000 @ 00000000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] memory: 000ef000 @ 00001000 (ROM data) [ 0.000000] memory: 00616000 @ 000f0000 (reserved) [ 0.000000] memory: 078fa000 @ 00706000 (usable) [ 0.000000] Wasting 57536 bytes for tracking 1798 unused pages [ 0.000000] Initrd not found or empty - disabling initrd [ 0.000000] Zone PFN ranges: [ 0.000000] DMA 0x00000000 -> 0x00001000 [ 0.000000] Normal 0x00001000 -> 0x00008000 [ 0.000000] Movable zone start PFN for each node [ 0.000000] early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges [ 0.000000] 0: 0x00000000 -> 0x00008000 [ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 32512 [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda1 console=ttyS0,38400n8r [ 0.000000] PID hash table entries: 512 (order: -1, 2048 bytes) [ 0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes) [ 0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes) [ 0.000000] Primary instruction cache 2kB, VIPT, 2-way, linesize 16 bytes. [ 0.000000] Primary data cache 2kB, 2-way, VIPT, no aliases, linesize 16 bytes [ 0.000000] Memory: 122712k/123880k available (4253k kernel code, 1168k reserved, 1192k data, 236k init, 0k highmem) [ 0.000000] NR_IRQS:256 [ 0.000000] CPU 0 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 00000080, epc == 80655a3c, ra == 80655a1c [ 0.000000] Oops[#1]: [ 0.000000] Cpu 0 [ 0.000000] $ 0 : 00000000 10000000 00000000 1bdc0001 [ 0.000000] $ 4 : 00000018 10000000 00000001 00000000 [ 0.000000] $ 8 : 00000000 007cffff 87c09000 00000000 [ 0.000000] $12 : 00000001 87c0679c ffffffff fffffffc [ 0.000000] $16 : 8068042e 80680000 80690000 80690000 [ 0.000000] $20 : 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 [ 0.000000] $24 : 00000000 00000000 [ 0.000000] $28 : 80618000 80619ec0 00000000 80655a1c [ 0.000000] Hi : 00000000 [ 0.000000] Lo : 00000000 [ 0.000000] epc : 80655a3c arch_init_irq+0x38/0x168 [ 0.000000] Not tainted [ 0.000000] ra : 80655a1c arch_init_irq+0x18/0x168 [ 0.000000] Status: 10000002 KERNEL EXL [ 0.000000] Cause : 0080000c [ 0.000000] BadVA : 00000080 [ 0.000000] PrId : 00018000 (MIPS 4Kc) [ 0.000000] Modules linked in: [ 0.000000] Process swapper (pid: 0, threadinfo=80618000, task=8061da80, tls=00000000) [ 0.000000] Stack : 80680000 80690000 80690000 00000000 00000000 8068042e 80680000 806527d8 [ 0.000000] 00000000 8067c1f8 ffffffff 80695cf4 8065221c 00000000 80680408 00000000 [ 0.000000] 8067c1f8 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 8051c090 [ 0.000000] 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 [ 0.000000] 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 [ 0.000000] ... [ 0.000000] Call Trace: [ 0.000000] [<80655a3c>] arch_init_irq+0x38/0x168 [ 0.000000] [<806527d8>] start_kernel+0x250/0x434 [ 0.000000] [<8051c090>] kernel_entry+0x0/0xa0 [ 0.000000] [ 0.000000] [ 0.000000] Code: 8c42e044 3c031bdc 24630001 <ac430080> 24030001 3c028069 081956a0 ac43e040 8c43e01c [ 0.000000] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint [ 0.000000] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task! Any idea? thanks!

