Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261794AbVD0QU7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:20:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261793AbVD0QU7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:20:59 -0400 Received: from 70-56-217-9.albq.qwest.net ([70.56.217.9]:46728 "EHLO montezuma.fsmlabs.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261794AbVD0QUn (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:20:43 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 10:23:01 -0600 (MDT) From: Zwane Mwaikambo To: Filip Zyzniewski cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Panic on a BIOSless machine. In-Reply-To: <426FB641.2070802@filip.math.uni.lodz.pl> Message-ID: References: <426FB641.2070802@filip.math.uni.lodz.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1228 Lines: 35 On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Filip Zyzniewski wrote: > Hi, I managed to boot kernel on a biosless box (Compaq T1000 Windows > based terminal). It has 32MB of ram. > > > But it panics (sometimes it even launches bash and allows me to run some > stuff). > > kernel log gathered from serial console: > http://filip.math.uni.lodz.pl/t1000-panic/panic.log > > asm code used to boot kernel: > http://filip.math.uni.lodz.pl/t1000-panic/boot.S > > tool bundling boot and kernel together: > http://filip.math.uni.lodz.pl/t1000-panic/mk.c > > kernel config: > http://filip.math.uni.lodz.pl/t1000-panic/kernel-config > > I had to comment out: jnz 2f # New command line protocol > from arch/i386/kernel/head.S (2.6.11.7) (bootloader too old?). > > Is there anything I could do to prevent it? I don't know memory map of > this computer, is this the cause? I can't see video RAM on board, so > maybe it is shared with system RAM? What do you think? Try booting a kernel without the tulip driver - 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/