Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751150AbXBYXrv (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:47:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751154AbXBYXrv (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:47:51 -0500 Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]:58190 "EHLO rgminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751150AbXBYXru (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:47:50 -0500 Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:44:38 -0800 From: Randy Dunlap To: Mario Vanoni Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.16.41 & 2.6.18.7 OK, 2.6.19.5 NOT, 2.6.18.8 KERNEL PANIC Message-Id: <20070225154438.dbf695f0.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: <45E1B3E6.60403@alice.it> References: <45E05D54.10508@alice.it> <20070224201902.a2a7b3da.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <45E1B3E6.60403@alice.it> Organization: Oracle Linux Eng. X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.3.1 (GTK+ 2.8.10; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1724 Lines: 52 On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:05:58 +0100 Mario Vanoni wrote: > Randy Dunlap wrote: > > On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 16:44:20 +0100 Mario Vanoni wrote: > > > >> 2.6.18.7 vanilla & 2.6.16.41 vanilla: > >> /dev/hda CD/DVD > >> /dev/hda1 / IDE HD 160GB > >> /dev/hda2 swap > >> /dev/sda1 /xyz SATA HD 320GB > >> /dev/sda2 swap > >> /dev/sdb1 /zzz SATA HD 320GB > >> /dev/sdb2 swap > >> /dev/sdc1 /usb USB KEY 512MB > > > For 2.6.19.*, does .config contain any CONFIG_ATA* entries? > > FYI, in 2.6.19, CONFIG_SCSI_SATA* config symbols were renamed to > > CONFIG_ATA*, so just using an oldconfig won't be sufficient > > for SATA support. > > You are 100% right, I was lazy, thanks for the gentle blame. > 2.6.19.5 vanilla works perfectly, 2.6.20.1 vanilla too! > > >> --- > >> 2.6.18.8 vanilla: !!! > >> screen eating leftmost characters, then > >> kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on > >> unknown-block(3,65) > >> POWER SWITCH ultima ratio > >> --- What is (3,65) supposed to be? devices.txt says that it's /dev/hdb1. I don't see that listed anywhere here... > Strange error, due to a partially corrupted MBR (?): > 2.6.19.5 with incorrect .config, lilo, SATA missing > reboot with old 2.6.18.7, OK > 2.6.18.8 with old .config from 2.6.18.6, > lilo objects not seeing /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc, > reboot and kernel panic, > reboot with 2.6.18.7, OK > 2.6.18.8 make mrproper and rm -r /lib/modules/2.6.18.8 > make bzImage etc., lilo: 2.6.18.8 works perfectly. --- ~Randy - 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/