Re: [PATCH] Re: 2.4.5 does not link on Ruffian (alpha)

2001-05-27 Thread Richard Henderson
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 07:54:17PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > FWIW the documentation seems to imply that the option is necessary only > when directly booting from SRM, i.e.. no bootloader is involved at all. Err, well, you can't have _no_ bootloader. > It uses the example of MILO's presence

Re: [PATCH] Re: 2.4.5 does not link on Ruffian (alpha)

2001-05-27 Thread Jeff Garzik
Richard Henderson wrote: > On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 06:48:30PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > When built with CONFIG_ALPHA_NAUTILUS, my UP1000's IDE totally fails. > > Mine doesn't. > > > I am booting w/ aboot 0.7a from SRM, -without- the > > srm-as-bootloader kernel config option. > > That is

Re: [PATCH] Re: 2.4.5 does not link on Ruffian (alpha)

2001-05-27 Thread Richard Henderson
On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 06:48:30PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > When built with CONFIG_ALPHA_NAUTILUS, my UP1000's IDE totally fails. Mine doesn't. > I am booting w/ aboot 0.7a from SRM, -without- the > srm-as-bootloader kernel config option. That is the error. r~ - To unsubscribe from this

Re: [PATCH] Re: 2.4.5 does not link on Ruffian (alpha)

2001-05-27 Thread Richard Henderson
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 07:54:17PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: FWIW the documentation seems to imply that the option is necessary only when directly booting from SRM, i.e.. no bootloader is involved at all. Err, well, you can't have _no_ bootloader. It uses the example of MILO's presence or

Re: [PATCH] Re: 2.4.5 does not link on Ruffian (alpha)

2001-05-27 Thread Richard Henderson
On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 06:48:30PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: When built with CONFIG_ALPHA_NAUTILUS, my UP1000's IDE totally fails. Mine doesn't. I am booting w/ aboot 0.7a from SRM, -without- the srm-as-bootloader kernel config option. That is the error. r~ - To unsubscribe from this

Re: [PATCH] Re: 2.4.5 does not link on Ruffian (alpha)

2001-05-27 Thread Jeff Garzik
Richard Henderson wrote: On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 06:48:30PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: When built with CONFIG_ALPHA_NAUTILUS, my UP1000's IDE totally fails. Mine doesn't. I am booting w/ aboot 0.7a from SRM, -without- the srm-as-bootloader kernel config option. That is the error.

[PATCH] Re: 2.4.5 does not link on Ruffian (alpha)

2001-05-26 Thread Jeff Garzik
"Ingo T. Storm" wrote: > I just tried to compile 2.4.5 on a Ruffian. With CPU selection "generic" it > fails when linking the kernel (see below). With CPU=Ruffian, it compiles and > links fine. Haven't tried booting yet, 'cause the machine is some 20 miles > away from here. > ld -r -o kernel.o

Re: [PATCH] Re: 2.4.5 does not link on Ruffian (alpha)

2001-05-26 Thread Jeff Garzik
It should note, though, that -not- using CONFIG_ALPHA_GENERIC seems to have a detrimental effect on my machines, in 2.4.5 vanilla. When built with CONFIG_ALPHA_NAUTILUS, my UP1000's IDE totally fails. It probes the drives ok, on boot, but a logic hang occurs where no more boot progress can be

Re: [PATCH] Re: 2.4.5 does not link on Ruffian (alpha)

2001-05-26 Thread Jeff Garzik
It should note, though, that -not- using CONFIG_ALPHA_GENERIC seems to have a detrimental effect on my machines, in 2.4.5 vanilla. When built with CONFIG_ALPHA_NAUTILUS, my UP1000's IDE totally fails. It probes the drives ok, on boot, but a logic hang occurs where no more boot progress can be

[PATCH] Re: 2.4.5 does not link on Ruffian (alpha)

2001-05-26 Thread Jeff Garzik
Ingo T. Storm wrote: I just tried to compile 2.4.5 on a Ruffian. With CPU selection generic it fails when linking the kernel (see below). With CPU=Ruffian, it compiles and links fine. Haven't tried booting yet, 'cause the machine is some 20 miles away from here. ld -r -o kernel.o entry.o