Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422947AbWLUN7W (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:59:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1422881AbWLUN7W (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:59:22 -0500 Received: from smtp-104-thursday.noc.nerim.net ([62.4.17.104]:2440 "EHLO mallaury.nerim.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422950AbWLUN7V (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:59:21 -0500 Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:59:22 +0100 From: Jean Delvare To: Vivek Goyal Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" , Andi Kleen , LKML Subject: Re: Patch "i386: Relocatable kernel support" causes instant reboot Message-Id: <20061221145922.16ee8dd7.khali@linux-fr.org> In-Reply-To: <20061221031326.GC30299@in.ibm.com> References: <20061220141808.e4b8c0ea.khali@linux-fr.org> <20061220214340.f6b037b1.khali@linux-fr.org> <20061221101240.f7e8f107.khali@linux-fr.org> <20061221102232.5a10bece.khali@linux-fr.org> <20061221010814.GA30299@in.ibm.com> <20061221141354.6d9ec3e6.khali@linux-fr.org> <20061221031326.GC30299@in.ibm.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.10 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1314 Lines: 33 Hi Vivek, On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:43:26 +0530, Vivek Goyal wrote: > On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 02:13:54PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote: > > On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 06:38:14 +0530, Vivek Goyal wrote: > > > Looks like it might be a tool chain issue. I took Jean's config file and > > > built my own kernel and I am able to boot the kernel. But I can't boot > > > his bzImage. I observed the same behaviour as jean is experiencing. It jumps > > > back to BIOS. > > > > I can only confirm that. I installed a more recent system on the same > > hardware, rebuilt a kernel from the same config file, and now it boots > > OK. So it's not related to the hardware. It has to be a compilation-time > > issue. > > Looks like you have already trashed your setup. If not, is it possible to No, of course I didn't. I installed the new system on a different hard disk drive. > upload the output of "objdump -D arch/i386/boot/setup.o"? This will give > some info regarding what assembler is doing. Here you go: http://jdelvare.pck.nerim.net/linux/relocatable-bug/setup.asm -- Jean Delvare - 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/