Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 14:15:37 +0100
From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>
To: Eric <eric@cisu.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: Kernels > 2.6.1-mm3 do not boot.
Message-ID: <20040125131536.GG513@fs.tum.de>
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On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 10:03:44PM -0600, Eric wrote:
>...
> 	I have a strange suspicion that the new cpu options are to blame. I am by no 
> means a kernel hacker, but I've never had a problem like this where I am 
> locked out of a whole series of kernels, or where they would stop booting. 
> 	Possibly the new CPU selection options are generating bad code with my gcc?
>...

After diffing two of your .config's, I don't see how the CPU selection 
options might have caused this.

I'm sorry that I don't have a real idea where to search for the 
problems, only a few thoughts how to get nearer to finding it:

Please try 2.6.2-rc1 (without any -mm patch).

If this kernel works, please try -mm4 with disabled SMP support and
support for the Athlon (and no other CPUs).
If you compile with
  make V=1
the kernel build is more verbose. If this kernel doesn't boot, please 
send the complete gcc call for the compilation of a file (it doesn't 
matter which file, e.g. one under fs/).

cu
Adrian

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