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To: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Thomas Molina <tmolina@cox.net>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: loadlin with 2.5.?? kernels
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From: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman)
Date: 24 Oct 2002 02:07:32 -0600
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Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> writes:

> At 01:58 PM 10/20/2002 -0500, Thomas Molina wrote:
> >On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> >
> > > At 08:17 AM 10/20/2002 -0500, Thomas Molina wrote:
> > > >On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Greetings,
> > > > >
> > > > > I hadn't had time to build/test kernels since 2.5.8-pre3.  I now find
> > that
> > > > > loadlin doesn't work on my box any more.  Is this a known problem?  If
> > so,
> > > > > when did it quit working?  (loadlin obsolete?  other?)
> > > >
> > > >I'm carrying an open problem report from Rene Blokland on this issue.
> > > >What version of the kernel did you try?
> > >
> > > Only 2.5.42.virgin, 2.5.42-mm, 2.5.43-mm and 2.5.44.virgin.  Binary search
> > > pending.
> >
> >The report stated the problem was noted with 2.5.4x.  One of the
> >developers might want to speak up as to whether finding the exact point of
> >breakage is useful.
> 
> 2.5.32 is the breakage point here.  I hope someone _else_ can salvage loadlin :)
> 
> 
> (lions and tigers and bears - oh my GDT!)

Cool, thanks, for the confirmation.  Other people are seeing breaking a little
later.  Just to clarify.  .30 or .31 is the last version that worked and .32
does not?

If it is really the gdt I have some old patches that roughly do the
right thing, and I just need to dust them off.

Eric
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