"Hamish Guthrie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Andrew Ip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > Most likely what is caused by binutils? > > > > To be clear, the messages: > > | Unknown bootloader class! > > | type=0x000101C0 > > | data=0x000103BE > > | Firmware type: LinuxBIOS > > Are printed by the code in mkelfImage when it is loaded under a bootloader > > it does not recognize and are non-fatal. > > > > > I don't know what's exactly causing the problem. However, my > > problem went away > > > when I downgrade my binutils to 2.9.5 on my Debian system. > > Similar problem > > > happens on RH 7.2, but not on RH 7.3. > > > > None of the binutils problems I know of trigger the previous > > symptom. If they > > can I would like to know about it. > > > > As an additional data point mkelfImage-1.14 has been fixed so > > that it works > > on RH 7.2 and it has been tested there. Additionaly the fix was such that > > mkelfImage is not pushing the limits of ld so binutils buts should go from > > being common to being very, very, unlikely and rare. > > > > Given that I believe I have fixed the underling problem people > > being confident > > that any issue must be a binutils problem worry me. > > > > Eric > Because of RH issues with compilers in the 7.X series, and after having > broken stuff, I actually still use an old RH6.2 installation, but with some > upgraded utilities (like modutils), however, I am still using binutils-2.9.5 > from RH6.2. > > In fact, Eric, as you said, the messages are printed by code in mkelfImage > and it does in fact jump to the kernel - I have added debugging into the > kernel, and it hangs up while trying to find the highest page frame number > available in setup_arch() in arch/i386/kernel/setup.c.
Hmm. Seeing the e820 map would be interesting. > I have not had enough > time to look fully into this, but it would appear that maybe the memory > tables passed to the kernel are getting screwed up by something. O.k. Then there may actually be a tool-chain issue, that I still need to address. > I will try the latest mkelfImage. ftp://download.lnxi.com/pub/src/mkelfImage (or the LinuxBIOS cvs). That is an easy test so start there. To avoid breaking what works I have been making very gradual changes, so I may not have fixed this one yet. This is the first time I have heard these symptoms. Eric
