5.2, i386, small kernel crash

2013-02-08 Thread Christian Groessler
Hi, I've tried to make a kernel config which only includes what I need. It's attached. The resulting kernel crashes in vga_pci_attach() when it writes to do_real_mode_post. do_real_mode_post is in the text section, so should be readonly, therefore the crash makes sense. But when I build

Re: 5.2, i386, small kernel crash

2013-02-08 Thread Amit Kulkarni
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Christian Groessler ch...@groessler.orgwrote: Hi, I've tried to make a kernel config which only includes what I need. It's attached. The resulting kernel crashes in vga_pci_attach() when it writes to do_real_mode_post. do_real_mode_post is in the text

Re: 5.2, i386, small kernel crash

2013-02-08 Thread Mike Larkin
On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 06:56:08PM +0100, Christian Groessler wrote: Hi, I've tried to make a kernel config which only includes what I need. It's attached. The resulting kernel crashes in vga_pci_attach() when it writes to do_real_mode_post. do_real_mode_post is in the text section, so

Re: 5.2, i386, small kernel crash

2013-02-08 Thread Christian Grössler
On 08.02.13 20:34, Mike Larkin wrote: Kernels other than GENERIC/GENERIC.MP and RAMDISK aren't supported by devs. Ok, sorry for the noise. That being said, we should probably clean up the do_real_mode_post business at some point. I think it's outlived its usefulness. I found the problem. I