Make your kernel non SMP enabled.

If it's the same hardware I have used, the cpu was changed to a x86
compatible microcontroller called Vortex86sx.
If this is the case you will also need to apply a patch to allow for propper
IDE and chipset functionallity to get IDE and USB, Ethernet etc to work. I
ported the patch they have for download (earlier kernel version) to the
current build, but unfortunatelly i'm not in the office for another 2 weeks,
so I can't post it.


Mikael

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Marian Aldenhövel <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a T2 build for a little "semi-embedded" System. Builds and
> runs fine.
>
> Unfortunately the requirements have shifted under me and the vendor
> has changed Chips without notice. Now we have about 90 of the boxes
> that my kernel does not boot on.
>
> The symptom is that it stops right away. Typed from off the screen
> as I don't know any other way of getting the stuff out of a dead
> system:
>
> > invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP
> > modules linked in:
> >
> > Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted
> > EIP: 0060: [<c02b6b0a>] EFLAGS: 00000246 CPU: 0
> > EIP is at identify_cpu+0x193/0x2bf
> ... more register dumps
> > Call Trace:
> >  [<c0380510>] identify_boot_cpu+0xa/0x14
> >  [<c03805a1>] check_bugs+0xa/0xce
> >  [<c037984d>] start_kernel+0x2d1/0x2e3
> ... more dumped data
> > Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task!
>
> Am I right to assume that the kernel cannot identify my CPU?
>
> Well. Neither could I :-). The vendor finally sent me the output of
> cat /proc/cpuinfo so they seem to have a linux built for the new
> chip but are playing hard to get in giving more information like
> what kernel and the config used to build it.
>
> > processor       : 0
> > vendor_id       : SiS SiS SiS
> > cpu family      : 5
> > model           : 0
> > model name      : ff/00
> > stepping        : 5
> > cpu MHz         : 200.008
> > fdiv_bug        : no
> > hlt_bug         : no
> > f00f_bug        : no
> > coma_bug        : no
> > fpu             : yes
> > fpu_exception   : yes
> > cpuid level     : 1
> > wp              : yes
> > flags           : fpu tsc cx8 mmx
> > bogomips        : 398.95
>
> I gather that is a SiS 55x System-on-a-chip.
>
> My kernel is built from T2-Head, Kernel 2.6.25.4. Architecture is
> x86/generic,
> so no specific optimizations selected.
>
> I have tried configuring the 2.6.25.4 kernel manually (make menuconfig) to
> see wether there were any specific options for that CPU/chipset but did
> not find any.
>
> Any hints on what I could try?
>
> Ciao, MM
> --
> Marian Aldenhövel, Rosenhain 23, 53123 Bonn
> http://www.marian-aldenhoevel.de
> "I ran some quick calculations on it. He's about 80% on the right
>  track.  That leaves him only 20% dead when he crashes." Bob C
>
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