Charles Steinkuehler writes: >> Questions >> --------- >> >> How do I get past the end_request errors being produced for the >> flash, which seems to be looking for a (nonexistant) floppy? > > I'm not 100% sure, but what I think is happening: > > Syslinux is booting, and loading the kernel and initial ramdisk. Then > /linuxrc starts running. The /linuxrc script tries to mount the boot= > device (as specified on the kernel command line), and if it can't find it, > it starts "fishing" for a boot device, by going through the device list in > /var/lib/lrpkg/root.mount.
Silly me, I forgot the create the /dev nodes on the embedded side. I had added them to root.mount, yet I forgot to add the mknod commands to linuxrc. I have this problem resolved. Now onto the interrupt issue... > NOTE: Unless you're using very non-standard init scripts and boot > procedure, you shouldn't have to mess with rdev. The root= and boot= > settings in the kernel command line are what matter... Yes, I realized that rdev'ing the kernel wasn't necissary, thanks. >> The 'lost interrupt' repeats seem to be caused by some sort of >> slowness on the pcmcia bus and/or an irq problem. How can this be >> addressed? > > This I don't know about (I don't work much with notebooks or PCMCIA)...are > you sure linux is talking to your PCMCIA controller properly? Sounds like > interrupts aren't getting routed properly once linux takes over the > hardware... Yes, this seems to be the problem. I've altered every bios setting imaginable and I still can't get it to work. This is the sole problem remaining in my attempts. I've tried turning off the on-board IDE, I've tried pretty much every setting. I disabled floppy and FDC all together. It's booting right now as we speak...trudging through unnumerable 'interrupt lost' listings as it's trying to get the packages up. hdk is there, and it sees it, and it accesses it, it just loses the interrupt. ANY ideas, and any experience with the problem under ANY sort of circumstances would be greatly appreciated. If you've ever recieved an 'interrupt lost' output, and fixed it somehow, please tell so that I may try and learn from your solution. thanks, johan _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
