Hi KP, to boot correctly on Soekris Engineering net4501 we **must** have an ELAN kernel variant, that DavidMBrooke has built for my tests; my system hangs during early boot process with no console messages using the i486 BuC40 kernel.
thanks graziano Il 10/05/2011 21.52, KP Kirchdoerfer ha scritto: > Am Montag, 9. Mai 2011, um 09:45:22 schrieb Graziano Brioschi: >> Hi David >> >> i can boot automatically using two method: >> >> * First method: >> o special ELAN kernel variant >> o edit initrd.lrp /boot/etc/modules to append a "pata_legacy" >> line (nothing else) >> o devices are automaticaly created by "mdev" >> * Second Method (preferred because there is not editing in >> initrd.lrp package) >> o special ELAN kernel variant >> o edit syslinux.cfg, adding a "KMODULES=pata_legacy" on the >> "DEFAULT" line (see the follow syslinux.cfg sample) >> o device are automatically created by "mdev" during boot process >> >> A last note: net4501 has three NS DP83816 network card, so you must load >> the "natsemi" kernel modules to activate these nic cards (making a "Find >> & load modules for hardware" discover the natsemi driver correctly) >> >> I have booted correctly the system without "libata.dma=0" parameter, so >> I think it is not necessary. > Graziano; > > just for clarification - does it work *without* a "special ELAN kernel > variant"? Keeping the no. of images as low as possible will easy maintenance. > > thx kp > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability > What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. > Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools > to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/ -- Graziano Brioschi Outland s.a.s. sede operativa: Via A. Don Rocca, 13 20030, Senago (MI) tel: 02 9948 6014 mobile: 328 8382622 email: graziano.brios...@outland.it --> U4E<-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
