[Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot if initramfs contains hid-multitouch

2015-10-20 Thread Niccolò Belli
Hi, If you load hid-multitouch into the initramfs it leads to random crashes. If you load the module later it doesn't harm. Only Arch dm-crypt users are affected by this issue because they need the mkinitcpio "keyboard" hook to be able to type the password, and it loads hid-multitouch into the

[Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot if initramfs contains hid-multitouch

2015-10-20 Thread Niccolò Belli
Hi, If you load hid-multitouch into the initramfs it leads to random crashes. If you load the module later it doesn't harm. Only Arch dm-crypt users are affected by this issue because they need the mkinitcpio "keyboard" hook to be able to type the password, and it loads hid-multitouch into the

Re: [Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot with "acpi=ht", disappearing with "acpi=off"

2015-10-18 Thread Niccolò Belli
I tried to use Ubuntu's kernel with Ubuntu's initramfs on Arch, but somehow I didn't manage to boot the system. So I kept the Ubuntu kernel and I generated a new initramfs for it: I still get crashes at boot, maybe a bit less frequently. Then I decided to build a kernel statically without

Re: [Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot with "acpi=ht", disappearing with "acpi=off"

2015-10-18 Thread Niccolò Belli
I tried to use Ubuntu's kernel with Ubuntu's initramfs on Arch, but somehow I didn't manage to boot the system. So I kept the Ubuntu kernel and I generated a new initramfs for it: I still get crashes at boot, maybe a bit less frequently. Then I decided to build a kernel statically without

Re: [Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot with "acpi=ht", disappearing with "acpi=off"

2015-10-12 Thread Niccolò Belli
On giovedì 8 ottobre 2015 12:28:16 CEST, Mika Westerberg wrote: On Thu, Oct 08, 2015 at 12:17:39PM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: Il giovedì 8 ottobre 2015 12:06:15 CEST, Mika Westerberg ha scritto: ... You may want to try another distro if it reproduces. It seems that only Arch triggers the

Re: [Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot with "acpi=ht", disappearing with "acpi=off"

2015-10-12 Thread Niccolò Belli
On giovedì 8 ottobre 2015 12:28:16 CEST, Mika Westerberg wrote: On Thu, Oct 08, 2015 at 12:17:39PM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: Il giovedì 8 ottobre 2015 12:06:15 CEST, Mika Westerberg ha scritto: ... You may want to try another distro if it reproduces. It seems that only Arch triggers the

Re: [Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot with "acpi=ht", disappearing with "acpi=off"

2015-10-08 Thread Mika Westerberg
On Thu, Oct 08, 2015 at 12:17:39PM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: > Il giovedì 8 ottobre 2015 12:06:15 CEST, Mika Westerberg ha scritto: > >On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 05:59:38PM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: > >>Il lunedì 5 ottobre 2015 15:54:49 CEST, Mika Westerberg ha scritto: ... > > > >It looks like a

Re: [Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot with "acpi=ht", disappearing with "acpi=off"

2015-10-08 Thread Niccolò Belli
Il giovedì 8 ottobre 2015 12:06:15 CEST, Mika Westerberg ha scritto: On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 05:59:38PM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: Il lunedì 5 ottobre 2015 15:54:49 CEST, Mika Westerberg ha scritto: ... It looks like a memory corruption somewhere. Unfortunately it is not obvious from the log

Re: [Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot with "acpi=ht", disappearing with "acpi=off"

2015-10-08 Thread Mika Westerberg
On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 05:59:38PM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: > Il lunedì 5 ottobre 2015 15:54:49 CEST, Mika Westerberg ha scritto: > >On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 03:41:09PM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: > >>Il lunedì 5 ottobre 2015 12:46:45 CEST, Mika Westerberg ha scritto: ... > > > >It says: > > >

Re: [Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot with "acpi=ht", disappearing with "acpi=off"

2015-10-08 Thread Niccolò Belli
Il giovedì 8 ottobre 2015 12:06:15 CEST, Mika Westerberg ha scritto: On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 05:59:38PM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: Il lunedì 5 ottobre 2015 15:54:49 CEST, Mika Westerberg ha scritto: ... It looks like a memory corruption somewhere. Unfortunately it is not obvious from the log

Re: [Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot with "acpi=ht", disappearing with "acpi=off"

2015-10-08 Thread Mika Westerberg
On Thu, Oct 08, 2015 at 12:17:39PM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: > Il giovedì 8 ottobre 2015 12:06:15 CEST, Mika Westerberg ha scritto: > >On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 05:59:38PM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: > >>Il lunedì 5 ottobre 2015 15:54:49 CEST, Mika Westerberg ha scritto: ... > > > >It looks like a

Re: [Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot with "acpi=ht", disappearing with "acpi=off"

2015-10-08 Thread Mika Westerberg
On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 05:59:38PM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: > Il lunedì 5 ottobre 2015 15:54:49 CEST, Mika Westerberg ha scritto: > >On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 03:41:09PM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: > >>Il lunedì 5 ottobre 2015 12:46:45 CEST, Mika Westerberg ha scritto: ... > > > >It says: > > >

Re: [Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot with "acpi=ht", disappearing with "acpi=off"

2015-10-05 Thread Niccolò Belli
Il lunedì 5 ottobre 2015 15:54:49 CEST, Mika Westerberg ha scritto: On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 03:41:09PM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: Il lunedì 5 ottobre 2015 12:46:45 CEST, Mika Westerberg ha scritto: ... It says: Mounting /boot... [FAILED] Failed to mount /boot. See 'systemctl status

Re: [Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot with "acpi=ht", disappearing with "acpi=off"

2015-10-05 Thread Mika Westerberg
On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 03:41:09PM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: > Il lunedì 5 ottobre 2015 12:46:45 CEST, Mika Westerberg ha scritto: > >On Sat, Oct 03, 2015 at 12:11:54PM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: > >>On venerdì 2 ottobre 2015 12:19:19 CEST, Mika Westerberg wrote: ... > > > >What if you disable

Re: [Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot with "acpi=ht", disappearing with "acpi=off"

2015-10-05 Thread Niccolò Belli
Il lunedì 5 ottobre 2015 12:46:45 CEST, Mika Westerberg ha scritto: On Sat, Oct 03, 2015 at 12:11:54PM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: On venerdì 2 ottobre 2015 12:19:19 CEST, Mika Westerberg wrote: ... What if you disable the whole ALSA SoC? CONFIG_SND_SOC=n Now I don't get any Oops but it

Re: [Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot with "acpi=ht", disappearing with "acpi=off"

2015-10-05 Thread Mika Westerberg
On Sat, Oct 03, 2015 at 12:11:54PM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: > On venerdì 2 ottobre 2015 12:19:19 CEST, Mika Westerberg wrote: > >On Fri, Oct 02, 2015 at 11:59:38AM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: > >>Hi, > >>This laptop suffers of random kernel hangs at boot: I tested kernel 4.1.8, > >>4.2.1 and

Re: [Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot with "acpi=ht", disappearing with "acpi=off"

2015-10-05 Thread Mika Westerberg
On Sat, Oct 03, 2015 at 12:11:54PM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: > On venerdì 2 ottobre 2015 12:19:19 CEST, Mika Westerberg wrote: > >On Fri, Oct 02, 2015 at 11:59:38AM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: > >>Hi, > >>This laptop suffers of random kernel hangs at boot: I tested kernel 4.1.8, > >>4.2.1 and

Re: [Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot with "acpi=ht", disappearing with "acpi=off"

2015-10-05 Thread Mika Westerberg
On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 03:41:09PM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: > Il lunedì 5 ottobre 2015 12:46:45 CEST, Mika Westerberg ha scritto: > >On Sat, Oct 03, 2015 at 12:11:54PM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: > >>On venerdì 2 ottobre 2015 12:19:19 CEST, Mika Westerberg wrote: ... > > > >What if you disable

Re: [Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot with "acpi=ht", disappearing with "acpi=off"

2015-10-05 Thread Niccolò Belli
Il lunedì 5 ottobre 2015 12:46:45 CEST, Mika Westerberg ha scritto: On Sat, Oct 03, 2015 at 12:11:54PM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: On venerdì 2 ottobre 2015 12:19:19 CEST, Mika Westerberg wrote: ... What if you disable the whole ALSA SoC? CONFIG_SND_SOC=n Now I don't get any Oops but it

Re: [Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot with "acpi=ht", disappearing with "acpi=off"

2015-10-05 Thread Niccolò Belli
Il lunedì 5 ottobre 2015 15:54:49 CEST, Mika Westerberg ha scritto: On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 03:41:09PM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: Il lunedì 5 ottobre 2015 12:46:45 CEST, Mika Westerberg ha scritto: ... It says: Mounting /boot... [FAILED] Failed to mount /boot. See 'systemctl status

Re: [Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot with "acpi=ht", disappearing with "acpi=off"

2015-10-03 Thread Niccolò Belli
On venerdì 2 ottobre 2015 12:19:19 CEST, Mika Westerberg wrote: On Fri, Oct 02, 2015 at 11:59:38AM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: Hi, This laptop suffers of random kernel hangs at boot: I tested kernel 4.1.8, 4.2.1 and 4.3-rc3 and they are all affected. Every time I turn on my laptop I have to

Re: [Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot with "acpi=ht", disappearing with "acpi=off"

2015-10-03 Thread Niccolò Belli
On venerdì 2 ottobre 2015 12:19:19 CEST, Mika Westerberg wrote: On Fri, Oct 02, 2015 at 11:59:38AM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: Hi, This laptop suffers of random kernel hangs at boot: I tested kernel 4.1.8, 4.2.1 and 4.3-rc3 and they are all affected. Every time I turn on my laptop I have to

Re: [Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot with "acpi=ht", disappearing with "acpi=off"

2015-10-02 Thread Mika Westerberg
On Fri, Oct 02, 2015 at 11:59:38AM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: > Hi, > This laptop suffers of random kernel hangs at boot: I tested kernel 4.1.8, > 4.2.1 and 4.3-rc3 and they are all affected. > Every time I turn on my laptop I have to boot several times to be able to > reach the sddm login

[Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot with "acpi=ht", disappearing with "acpi=off"

2015-10-02 Thread Niccolò Belli
Hi, This laptop suffers of random kernel hangs at boot: I tested kernel 4.1.8, 4.2.1 and 4.3-rc3 and they are all affected. Every time I turn on my laptop I have to boot several times to be able to reach the sddm login because often I get hangs which prevent the system to boot. Once booted I

Re: [Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot with "acpi=ht", disappearing with "acpi=off"

2015-10-02 Thread Mika Westerberg
On Fri, Oct 02, 2015 at 11:59:38AM +0200, Niccolò Belli wrote: > Hi, > This laptop suffers of random kernel hangs at boot: I tested kernel 4.1.8, > 4.2.1 and 4.3-rc3 and they are all affected. > Every time I turn on my laptop I have to boot several times to be able to > reach the sddm login

[Dell XPS 13 9343] Random kernel Oops at boot with "acpi=ht", disappearing with "acpi=off"

2015-10-02 Thread Niccolò Belli
Hi, This laptop suffers of random kernel hangs at boot: I tested kernel 4.1.8, 4.2.1 and 4.3-rc3 and they are all affected. Every time I turn on my laptop I have to boot several times to be able to reach the sddm login because often I get hangs which prevent the system to boot. Once booted I

Re: [PATCH] CRIS v10: vmlinux.lds.S Fix kernel oops on boot and use common defines

2008-01-15 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 12:35:15PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:36:24 +0100 Jesper Nilsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > - Move alignment to page size of init data outside ifdef for BLK_DEV_INITRD. > > The reservation up to page size of memory after init data was

Re: [PATCH] CRIS v10: vmlinux.lds.S Fix kernel oops on boot and use common defines

2008-01-15 Thread Andrew Morton
On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:36:24 +0100 Jesper Nilsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - Move alignment to page size of init data outside ifdef for BLK_DEV_INITRD. > The reservation up to page size of memory after init data was previously > not done if BLK_DEV_INITRD was undefined. > This caused a

Re: [PATCH] CRIS v10: vmlinux.lds.S Fix kernel oops on boot and use common defines

2008-01-15 Thread Sam Ravnborg
> > What about applying the same fixes/changes to v32? > > In the works. > > > It would btw. be nice to move the vmlinux.lds.S files to > > arch/cris/kernel/. > > Se how x86 handle build for two different bit sizes. > > > > If this is done then cris is less awkward compared > > to the other

Re: [PATCH] CRIS v10: vmlinux.lds.S Fix kernel oops on boot and use common defines

2008-01-15 Thread Jesper Nilsson
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 02:54:19PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 02:36:24PM +0100, Jesper Nilsson wrote: > > - Move alignment to page size of init data outside ifdef for BLK_DEV_INITRD. > > The reservation up to page size of memory after init data was previously > > not

Re: [PATCH] CRIS v10: vmlinux.lds.S Fix kernel oops on boot and use common defines

2008-01-15 Thread Sam Ravnborg
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 02:36:24PM +0100, Jesper Nilsson wrote: > - Move alignment to page size of init data outside ifdef for BLK_DEV_INITRD. > The reservation up to page size of memory after init data was previously > not done if BLK_DEV_INITRD was undefined. > This caused a kernel oops

[PATCH] CRIS v10: vmlinux.lds.S Fix kernel oops on boot and use common defines

2008-01-15 Thread Jesper Nilsson
- Move alignment to page size of init data outside ifdef for BLK_DEV_INITRD. The reservation up to page size of memory after init data was previously not done if BLK_DEV_INITRD was undefined. This caused a kernel oops when init memory pages were freed after startup, data placed in the same

Re: [PATCH] CRIS v10: vmlinux.lds.S Fix kernel oops on boot and use common defines

2008-01-15 Thread Sam Ravnborg
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 02:36:24PM +0100, Jesper Nilsson wrote: - Move alignment to page size of init data outside ifdef for BLK_DEV_INITRD. The reservation up to page size of memory after init data was previously not done if BLK_DEV_INITRD was undefined. This caused a kernel oops when

[PATCH] CRIS v10: vmlinux.lds.S Fix kernel oops on boot and use common defines

2008-01-15 Thread Jesper Nilsson
- Move alignment to page size of init data outside ifdef for BLK_DEV_INITRD. The reservation up to page size of memory after init data was previously not done if BLK_DEV_INITRD was undefined. This caused a kernel oops when init memory pages were freed after startup, data placed in the same

Re: [PATCH] CRIS v10: vmlinux.lds.S Fix kernel oops on boot and use common defines

2008-01-15 Thread Jesper Nilsson
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 02:54:19PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote: On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 02:36:24PM +0100, Jesper Nilsson wrote: - Move alignment to page size of init data outside ifdef for BLK_DEV_INITRD. The reservation up to page size of memory after init data was previously not done if

Re: [PATCH] CRIS v10: vmlinux.lds.S Fix kernel oops on boot and use common defines

2008-01-15 Thread Sam Ravnborg
What about applying the same fixes/changes to v32? In the works. It would btw. be nice to move the vmlinux.lds.S files to arch/cris/kernel/. Se how x86 handle build for two different bit sizes. If this is done then cris is less awkward compared to the other archs. That's a

Re: [PATCH] CRIS v10: vmlinux.lds.S Fix kernel oops on boot and use common defines

2008-01-15 Thread Andrew Morton
On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:36:24 +0100 Jesper Nilsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Move alignment to page size of init data outside ifdef for BLK_DEV_INITRD. The reservation up to page size of memory after init data was previously not done if BLK_DEV_INITRD was undefined. This caused a kernel

Re: [PATCH] CRIS v10: vmlinux.lds.S Fix kernel oops on boot and use common defines

2008-01-15 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 12:35:15PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:36:24 +0100 Jesper Nilsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Move alignment to page size of init data outside ifdef for BLK_DEV_INITRD. The reservation up to page size of memory after init data was previously

Re: PROBLEM: kernel oops on boot in 2.4.0 test10

2000-11-06 Thread Brad Corsello
> > >> Trace; c0194d36 > > >Do you have any ISAPNP cards in your system? > > Yes, a Soundblaster AWE64 that has never given me any problems. I tried > booting > test10 and test1 with that card pulled, and they both still oopsed on boot. > > Jeff, I recompiled test10 with all kernel ISA

Re: PROBLEM: kernel oops on boot in 2.4.0 test10

2000-11-05 Thread Brad Corsello
Jeff, thank you for responding. >Can you play the kernel shuffle, and narrow down exactly which kernel >version breaks for you? Read, from the linux source tree, >Documentation/BUG-HUNTING. OK. I've compiled test1, and it also oopsed on boot. (Which is confusing, since I know for sure I had

Re: PROBLEM: kernel oops on boot in 2.4.0 test10

2000-11-04 Thread Jeff Garzik
Brad Corsello wrote: > > [1.] One line summary of the problem: > kernel oops on boot in 2.4.0 test 10 (i386) > > [2.] Full description of the problem/report: > On every boot of test 10, I get a kernel oops very early on. > Is reproducibl

PROBLEM: kernel oops on boot in 2.4.0 test10

2000-11-04 Thread Brad Corsello
[1.] One line summary of the problem: kernel oops on boot in 2.4.0 test 10 (i386) [2.] Full description of the problem/report: On every boot of test 10, I get a kernel oops very early on. Is reproducible (happens every boot). I've successfully booted 2.3 kernels

PROBLEM: kernel oops on boot in 2.4.0 test10

2000-11-04 Thread Brad Corsello
[1.] One line summary of the problem: kernel oops on boot in 2.4.0 test 10 (i386) [2.] Full description of the problem/report: On every boot of test 10, I get a kernel oops very early on. Is reproducible (happens every boot). I've successfully booted 2.3 kernels

Re: Kernel OOPS on boot

2000-10-26 Thread Brian Gerst
Mircea Damian wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 10:20:45AM -0400, Brian Gerst wrote: > > Mircea Damian wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I'm unable to boot kernel 2.4.0-test10-pre5 on a: > > > > Upgrade GCC to 2.91.66 (aka egcs-1.1.2) > > Ok. I can do that, but there is nowhere written

Re: Kernel OOPS on boot

2000-10-26 Thread Mircea Damian
On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 10:20:45AM -0400, Brian Gerst wrote: > Mircea Damian wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I'm unable to boot kernel 2.4.0-test10-pre5 on a: > > Upgrade GCC to 2.91.66 (aka egcs-1.1.2) Ok. I can do that, but there is nowhere written that I should do that. If I remember right

Re: Kernel OOPS on boot

2000-10-26 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Brian Gerst wrote: > "Richard B. Johnson" wrote: > > Stand-alone, it can't do anything useful. However, if it generates > > a page-fault due to the read or write, the page-fault handler could > > do "something". Currently, the fault it fatal, probably because > > the passed

Re: Kernel OOPS on boot

2000-10-26 Thread Mitchell Blank Jr
Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > And here is the broken routine: > > > > 03f4 : [...] > This is not good code. It does the following: > > o Gets a parameter off the stack and puts into eax (a pointer). > o Put the value 1 into ecx. > o Take a byte from the pointed-to location and

Re: Kernel OOPS on boot

2000-10-26 Thread Brian Gerst
"Richard B. Johnson" wrote: > Stand-alone, it can't do anything useful. However, if it generates > a page-fault due to the read or write, the page-fault handler could > do "something". Currently, the fault it fatal, probably because > the passed pointer is invalid. The write-protect test code is

Re: Kernel OOPS on boot

2000-10-26 Thread Brian Gerst
Mircea Damian wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm unable to boot kernel 2.4.0-test10-pre5 on a: Upgrade GCC to 2.91.66 (aka egcs-1.1.2) -- Brian Gerst - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Kernel OOPS on boot

2000-10-26 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Mircea Damian wrote: > > > Hello, > > I'm unable to boot kernel 2.4.0-test10-pre5 on a: > > > And here is the broken routine: > > 03f4 : > 3f4: 8b 44 24 04 movl 0x4(%esp,1),%eax > 3f8: b9 01 00 00 00 movl $0x1,%ecx > 3fd: 8a 10

Kernel OOPS on boot

2000-10-26 Thread Mircea Damian
Hello, I'm unable to boot kernel 2.4.0-test10-pre5 on a: root@cyrix:/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/mm# cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : CyrixInstead cpu family : 6 model : 2 model name : 6x86MX 2.5x Core/Bus Clock stepping: 7 cpu MHz :

Re: Kernel OOPS on boot

2000-10-26 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Mircea Damian wrote: Hello, I'm unable to boot kernel 2.4.0-test10-pre5 on a: And here is the broken routine: 03f4 do_test_wp_bit: 3f4: 8b 44 24 04 movl 0x4(%esp,1),%eax 3f8: b9 01 00 00 00 movl $0x1,%ecx 3fd: 8a 10

Re: Kernel OOPS on boot

2000-10-26 Thread Brian Gerst
Mircea Damian wrote: Hello, I'm unable to boot kernel 2.4.0-test10-pre5 on a: Upgrade GCC to 2.91.66 (aka egcs-1.1.2) -- Brian Gerst - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Kernel OOPS on boot

2000-10-26 Thread Brian Gerst
"Richard B. Johnson" wrote: Stand-alone, it can't do anything useful. However, if it generates a page-fault due to the read or write, the page-fault handler could do "something". Currently, the fault it fatal, probably because the passed pointer is invalid. The write-protect test code is a

Re: Kernel OOPS on boot

2000-10-26 Thread Mitchell Blank Jr
Richard B. Johnson wrote: And here is the broken routine: 03f4 do_test_wp_bit: [...] This is not good code. It does the following: o Gets a parameter off the stack and puts into eax (a pointer). o Put the value 1 into ecx. o Take a byte from the pointed-to location

Re: Kernel OOPS on boot

2000-10-26 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Brian Gerst wrote: "Richard B. Johnson" wrote: Stand-alone, it can't do anything useful. However, if it generates a page-fault due to the read or write, the page-fault handler could do "something". Currently, the fault it fatal, probably because the passed pointer

Re: Kernel OOPS on boot

2000-10-26 Thread Mircea Damian
On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 10:20:45AM -0400, Brian Gerst wrote: Mircea Damian wrote: Hello, I'm unable to boot kernel 2.4.0-test10-pre5 on a: Upgrade GCC to 2.91.66 (aka egcs-1.1.2) Ok. I can do that, but there is nowhere written that I should do that. If I remember right gcc-2.7.2.3

Re: Kernel OOPS on boot

2000-10-26 Thread Brian Gerst
Mircea Damian wrote: On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 10:20:45AM -0400, Brian Gerst wrote: Mircea Damian wrote: Hello, I'm unable to boot kernel 2.4.0-test10-pre5 on a: Upgrade GCC to 2.91.66 (aka egcs-1.1.2) Ok. I can do that, but there is nowhere written that I should do that.