Hi, Amanda-
Got it on one! Thanks, changing NR_TASKS fixes the problem and now the
generic patch for 2.2.17 seems to work fine on RH6.2 2.2.17.
Cheers,
Scott
>> Scott Dixon wrote:
>> RedHat has a 2.2.17 update out for 6.2 and I tried to generate
>> a patched version but without success. If I compile up the
>> unpatched kernel, everything works fine. However, if I apply
>> the 2.2.17 generic patch and enable Win4Lin in the .config, I
>> get a kernel which doesn't boot. Immdediately after the
>> uncompressing kernel message the boot process aborts and the
>> computer reboots. I also tried the RedHat7.0 2.2.17 patch file
>> but almost all the hunks failed with that patch file (also
>> tried the Mandrake 2.2.17 patch with similar results). The
>> generic 2.2.17 patch file has some fuzz and offset warnings in
>> the patch process but all the hunks can be applied. Also no
>> errors on compilation, just an unusable kernel file. Any
>> chance of getting a correct RedHat 6.2 2.2.17 patch file?
>> Scott
> Hello Scott,
> This rebooting behaviour is usually the result of an unmodified
> NR_TASKS value in /usr/src/linux/include/linux/tasks.h
> file. The default value for this is 4090 (in 2.2.17 and
> below). For a Win4Lin-enabled kernel to boot, this must be set
> to 3834 or less. Try setting this value and recompiling and see
> if it helps.
> We do have someone working on 2.2.17 kernels for RH 6.2, and we
> hope to have those available in the near future. The 2.2.17
> kernel for 7.0, though having the same revision number (14), is
> *not* the same as the 6.2 kernel, which is why all the hunks
> failed.
> Amanda
> -- Amanda Owens Support Engineer
> NeTraverse, Inc
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