On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:03:42 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Knerr) wrote: > Hello. I'm trying to get a 2.6 kernel to work with kdb, but I keep > getting the above error on the BIOS splash screen, and then the > machine's ethernet interfaces don't come up. > > Here are the symptoms and some of the things I've tried: > > - first boot with 2.6.8 and kdb works (no error msg), but subsequent > reboots give the IRQ error > - if I use a kdb-patched 2.6 kernel, but without selecting the kdb > option in "make xconfig", it seems to work fine (multiple reboots) > - machine also works fine with plain 2.6.8 kernel (no kdb patches > applied) > - I've tried 2.6.8 and 2.6.11 kernels with same problem (I'm happy to > try 2.6.14, if you think it will help) > - we've successfully used kdb with 2.4 kernels on this machine > - I searched google and this list's archives, but didn't see > anything obvious
This is a new one on me. I cannot see how kdb could be doing this, the kdb patch does not touch the bios nor the IRQ routing. --------------------------- Use http://oss.sgi.com/ecartis to modify your settings or to unsubscribe.
