You can't run RHEL 5.X on the Soekris. The 5501 has a '586' CPU, whereas RHEL5 expects a 686 CPU. You're simply going to come across a lot of crashing, bugs, and other issues. This is a bad idea.
Go back to Debian, and debootstrap your machine together. Sargun Dhillon 925.202.9485 deCarta [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.decarta.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Otfried Geffert Sent: Fri 6/20/2008 1:53 AM To: Przemyslaw Maszenda; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Soekris] net 5501 and RHEL5.2 >> EIP: [<c041041c>] powernowk8_init+0x5e/0x1c2 SS:ESP 0068:c147cfa0 Looks like there is a kernel module called "powernowk8" The crash is while loading this module. Get rid of the kernel module in the config. OR: Maybe the module is part of the initrd RAM disk. You can make your own with # mkdinitrd your_rd kernel_version Otfried ----- Original Message ----- From: "Przemyslaw Maszenda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 9:32 AM Subject: [Soekris] net 5501 and RHEL5.2 > Hi > > I try to boot and install RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.2 on net5501-70 > (with sandisk CF but this doesn't matter, I think), but without success. > > With original RHEL5.2 kernel booting from CF (CF was installed on > another PC) or booting over PXE I received: > > ############################################################################ > Linux version 2.6.18-92.1.1.el5 > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc v > ersion 4.1.2 20071124 (Red Hat 4.1.2-41)) #1 SMP Thu May 22 09:01:29 EDT > 2008 > BIOS-provided physical RAM map: > > [...] > > TCP bic registered > Initializing IPsec netlink socket > NET: Registered protocol family 1 > NET: Registered protocol family 17 > powernow-k8: Processor cpuid 5a2 not supported > BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address > 0000000 > 0 > printing eip: > c041041c > *pde = 00000000 > Oops: 0000 [#1] > SMP > last sysfs file: > Modules linked in: > CPU: 0 > EIP: 0060:[<c041041c>] Not tainted VLI > EFLAGS: 00010202 (2.6.18-92.1.1.el5 #1) > EIP is at powernowk8_init+0x5e/0x1c2 > eax: 00000000 ebx: 00000000 ecx: 0000000e edx: 00000020 > esi: 00000000 edi: c06242c3 ebp: 00000000 esp: c147cfa0 > ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 > Process swapper (pid: 1, ti=c147c000 task=c147daa0 task.ti=c147c000) > Stack: 00000000 c071bbe8 00000000 c06ec5a8 c06e7fd8 c0404dee 00000202 > c06ec42b > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 c06ec42b > 00000000 > 00000000 c0405c3b 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 > 00000000 > Call Trace: > [<c06ec5a8>] init+0x17d/0x24a > [<c0404dee>] ret_from_fork+0x6/0x1c > [<c06ec42b>] init+0x0/0x24a > [<c06ec42b>] init+0x0/0x24a > [<c0405c3b>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 > ======================= > Code: 83 3d 20 41 67 c0 01 75 40 83 3d 84 d4 76 c0 00 75 37 b8 01 00 00 > 00 bf c3 > 42 62 c0 e8 0a 15 19 00 b9 0f 00 00 00 89 c6 49 78 08 <ac> ae 75 08 84 > c0 75 f5 > 31 c0 eb 04 19 c0 0c 01 85 c0 75 0a c7 > EIP: [<c041041c>] powernowk8_init+0x5e/0x1c2 SS:ESP 0068:c147cfa0 > <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception > > ############################################################################ > > > I recompiled kernel from redhat .src.rpm (with rpmbuild, with all > patches ...), with Geode GX/LX CPU. I included support for AMD > powernow-k8. I tried to boot and I received similar as before: > > ############################################################################ > Linux version 2.6.18-SOEKRIS ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.1.2 20071124 > (Red Hat > 4.1.2-42)) #1 SMP Fri Jun 20 07:58:23 CEST 2008 > > [...] > > TCP bic registered > Initializing IPsec netlink socket > NET: Registered protocol family 1 > NET: Registered protocol family 17 > powernow-k8: Processor cpuid 5a2 not supported > BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address > 0000000 > 0 > printing eip: > c04104f5 > *pde = 00000000 > Oops: 0000 [#1] > SMP > last sysfs file: > Modules linked in: > CPU: 0 > EIP: 0060:[<c04104f5>] Not tainted VLI > EFLAGS: 00010202 (2.6.18-SOEKRIS #1) > EIP is at powernowk8_init+0x5e/0x1c2 > eax: 00000000 ebx: 00000000 ecx: 0000000e edx: c06e7fe4 > esi: 00000000 edi: c0626270 ebp: 00000000 esp: dffe9fa0 > ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 > Process swapper (pid: 1, ti=dffe9000 task=dffe8aa0 task.ti=dffe9000) > Stack: 00000000 c071da88 00000000 c06ee5a9 c06e9fd8 c0404dce 00000202 > c06ee42c > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 c06ee42c > 00000000 > 00000000 c0405c1b 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 > 00000000 > Call Trace: > [<c06ee5a9>] init+0x17d/0x24a > [<c0404dce>] ret_from_fork+0x6/0x1c > [<c06ee42c>] init+0x0/0x24a > [<c06ee42c>] init+0x0/0x24a > [<c0405c1b>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 > ======================= > Code: 83 3d 20 61 67 c0 01 75 40 83 3d 84 f4 76 c0 00 75 37 b8 01 00 00 > 00 bf 70 > 62 62 c0 e8 81 29 19 00 b9 0f 00 00 00 89 c6 49 78 08 <ac> ae 75 08 84 > c0 75 f5 > 31 c0 eb 04 19 c0 0c 01 85 c0 75 0a c7 > EIP: [<c04104f5>] powernowk8_init+0x5e/0x1c2 SS:ESP 0068:dffe9fa0 > <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception > > ####### > > > I know, I lame :), but what should I do run to RHEL5.2 with net5501-70? > > 1) Should I recompile kernel? (For me is important to have kernel > version and patchlevel exactly as RHEL5.2, changing arch is acceptable) > > 2) For best performance and stability what should I choose in > menuconfig. Which arch and CPU? > > PS. > I checked that over PXE I could boot kernel from RHEL4.6 ... > > thanks. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
