opps sorry...realised after re-reading thet you still use the SIS SoC....My
bad. but still try switchiing to non SMP kernel.



On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Mikael Ostensson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 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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