To clarify things, let me start from scratch: I have a very current version of LinuxBIOS - I get updates from CVS daily.
I am using a toolchain (gcc, ld etc), from RH6.2, which I have always found to be stable. (obviously I have updated modutils to use with 2.4.x kernels. I am using Etherboot 5.0.6 Tagged ELF for SIS900. I seem to get the impression that the linuxbiosmain() code is being depricated, and I am also now doing a whole lot of work to try to get Etherboot running from LinuxBIOS on a PII core, as well as a 486 core, so I thought I would move towards using elfboot. For a long time I have been using 2.4.2 thru 2.4.5 kernels, but because of some new work I am doing, have decided to try some of the newer kernels (2.4.17/2.4.18). I hit this problem with a 2.4.18 kernel, then noticed Ollie had been using 2.4.17 so tried that too with the same disastrous results. I have now just gone back to a 2.4.5 kernel and everything is magically fine. I have not done enough debugging in the 2.4.17 environment, but it appears to me that it is trying to interpret the e820 tables, even though (just looking into LinuxBIOS code), LinuxBIOS sets up an empty e820 table. I need to still have a thorough look at the Etherboot and elfboot code to see what they does with e820 memory tables, if anything. Hamish > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ronald G Minnich > Sent: 17 July 2002 05:32 > To: Hamish Guthrie (Mail Lists) > Cc: Eric W Biederman; LinuxBIOS > Subject: RE: Elfboot? > > > On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Hamish Guthrie (Mail Lists) wrote: > > > I have just tried out a 2.4.5 kernel, and this boots fine! I > will go into > > the e820 tables in more detail now. > > sorry, I can't read. > > Hamish, I'm now confused. What kernel version were you trying before? > > ron >
