Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266352AbUIWR5n (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:57:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268235AbUIWR4f (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:56:35 -0400 Received: from users.linvision.com ([62.58.92.114]:48606 "HELO bitwizard.nl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S266352AbUIWRzN (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:55:13 -0400 Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:55:12 +0200 From: Erik Mouw To: Tigran Aivazian Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, discuss@x86-64.org Subject: Re: 2.6.8.1 doesn't boot on x86_64 Message-ID: <20040923175512.GE8101@harddisk-recovery.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Organization: Harddisk-recovery.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1113 Lines: 29 On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 06:21:30PM +0100, Tigran Aivazian wrote: > I haven't heard about it on x86_64 discuss list so I thought it is worth > asking if someone else has encountered this. When I boot 2.6.8.1 kernel > (patched with kdb) the last thing I see is: > > Freeing unused kernel memory: 160k f > > I don't get the whole word "freed", only the first letter "f". This is SMP > kernel. I will try recompiling without kdb and also booting as "nosmp" to > see if it makes any difference. > > Fedora Core 2 smp kernel boots fine, btw. FWIW, a non-kdb patched 2.6.8.1 kernel runs fine on a dual CPU box (Tyan Thunder K8W with 2x Opteron 242): Linux zebigbos 2.6.8.1 #1 SMP Fri Sep 10 18:57:48 CEST 2004 x86_64 unknown Erik -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/