> Is it node_bootmem_map, eidx, or i that is bad? What is end_pfn? What is > calling alloc_bootmem?
The call starts in init/main.c with paging_init() and ends up in mm/bootmem.c:alloc_bootmem_node(). I have been moving the printk around trying to find exactly where this thing fails. It now seems that the problem is also moving. The latest output looks like it got through the page allocation. I greped the elf file and the faulting address instruction 0xc0011218 is in strcmp. [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux-2.6.24]$ nm vmlinux |grep c001121 c0011210 T strcmp I've booted several times now and the problem moves with the printk. But, when I disable early debugging the problem comes back and the boot hangs or crashes as usual. Here are a couple of outputs that show it is getting through the pfn allocations. Something isn't declared right or configured right. But where to look? I've compiled the kernel with gcc 4.0.0 and 4.2.2 both versions have the same problem. Should I try the 2.6.25 kernel since the 2.6.19 works just fine. I've stripped the kernel options down almost as far as I can go. setup_arch: exit Zone PFN ranges: DMA 134217728 -> 16384 Normal 16384 -> 16384 Movable zone start PFN for each node early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges 2097152: 134217728 -> 16384 Could not find start_pfn for node 0 free_area_init_nodes(): pgdat: c01cadc0 node_bootmem_map(addr): c3ffe000 eidx(size): 16384 i(offset): 0 end_pfn: 16384 goal: 1073741823 preferred: 0 node_bootmem_map(addr): c3ffe000 eidx(size): 16384 i(offset): 0 end_pfn: 16384 goal: 1073741823 preferred: 0 Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping off. Total pages: 0 Kernel command line: /dev/root=/dev/ram r7 ramdisk_size=4096 Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at address 0x00000000 Faulting instruction address: 0xc0011218 Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] Aztek Networks cta5000s NIP: c0011218 LR: c00f0da0 CTR: c01adec4 REGS: c01d3e70 TRAP: 0300 Not tainted (2.6.24.2) MSR: 00001032 <ME,IR,DR> CR: 44042048 XER: 20000000 DAR: 00000000, DSISR: 20000000 TASK = c01c2570[0] 'swapper' THREAD: c01d2000 GPR00: 00000063 c01d3f20 c01c2570 00000000 c0193607 ffffffff c01e2398 00000000 GPR08: 00000000 00000070 c01ccbb0 c07fd07a 24042048 20802010 03fff000 007fff00 GPR16: 03bbcd3e 001a6d3e 02200040 03a16000 007ffeb0 03ff98e4 00000000 00000004 GPR24: 00000000 02400000 40000000 c01d9d14 00000000 c01d3f58 c0193608 c3ffe2f0 Call Trace: [c01d3f40] [c00f0de0] [c01d3f50] [c00f0e28] setup_arch: exit Zone PFN ranges: DMA 0 -> 16384 Normal 16384 -> 16384 Movable zone start PFN for each node early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges 0: 0 -> 16384 node_bootmem_map(addr): c3ffe000 eidx(size): 16384 i(offset): 0 end_pfn: 16384 goal: 1073741823 preferred: 0 __alloc_bootmem_node(): ptr: c01e9000 node_bootmem_map(addr): c3ffe000 eidx(size): 16384 i(offset): 0 end_pfn: 16384 goal: 1073741823 preferred: 0 __alloc_bootmem_node(): ptr: c0131000 node_bootmem_map(addr): c3ffe000 eidx(size): 16384 i(offset): 0 end_pfn: 16384 goal: 1073741823 preferred: 0 __alloc_bootmem_node(): ptr: c0171000 node_bootmem_map(addr): c3ffe000 eidx(size): 16384 i(offset): 0 end_pfn: 16384 goal: 1073741823 preferred: 0 node_bootmem_map(addr): c3ffe000 eidx(size): 16384 i(offset): 0 end_pfn: 16384 goal: 1073741823 preferred: 0 Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 16256 Kernel command line: /deroot=/dev/r�m rw ramdisk_size=4096 Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at address 0x00000000 Faulting instruction address: 0xc0011218 Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#8193] Aztek Networks cta5000s NIP: c0011218 LR: c00f0da0 CTR: c01adec4 REGS: c01d3e70 TRAP: 0300 Not tainted (2.6.24.2) MSR: 00001032 <ME,IR,DR> CR: 44042028 XER: 20000000 DAR: 00000000, DSISR: 20000000 TASK = c01c2570[0] 'swapper' THREAD: c01d2000 GPR00: 00000063 c01d3f20 c01c2570 00000000 c0193607 ffffffff c01e2398 00000000 GPR08: c01a12e0 c01e0000 c0191700 c01e2384 24042028 24886012 03fff000 007fff00 GPR16: 03bbcd3e 001a6d3e 02200040 03a16000 007ffeb0 03ff98e4 00000000 00000004 GPR24: 00000000 02400000 40000000 c01d9d14 00000000 c01d3f58 c0193608 c3bff174 Call Trace: [c01d3f40] [c00f0de0] [c01d3f50] [c00f0e28] [c01d3f80] [c00f0f1c] [c01d3fa0] [c01adee8] [c01d3fb0] [c01a9854] [c01d3fc0] [c01a390c] [c01d3ff0] [00003438] Instruction dump: 3884ffff 8c050001 2c000000 4082fff8 38a5ffff 8c040001 2c000000 9c050001 4082fff4 4e800020 38a3ffff 3884ffff <8c650001> 2c830000 8c040001 7c601851 ---[ end trace 8640abe69a316dee ]--- Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task! Rebooting in 180 seconds.. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded