[parisc-linux] State Of The Port [2000/02/13]

[Ulrich Strelow]

--- willy@thepuffingroup.com wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 08:56:20AM -0800, Ulrich
> Strelow wrote:
> > Compiling and booting the latest (20000213) cvs
> > version on my 715/33 is partly successful. It ends
> > with the RAMDISK loaded message because after this
> the
> > kernel is switching to a serial console which does
> not
> > (yet) exist.
> 
> Yup, sounds right.
> 
> > It seems that CONFIG_GSC_PS2 is needed to include
> > these routines (although the 715/33 does not have
> a
> > GSC or PS2). But after defining CONFIG_GSC_PS2=y
> the
> > kernel boot ends with the attempt to kill the init
> > task. And the are two "kernel BUG" messages again,
> > this time in block_dev.c:411!
> 
> The block_dev kernel BUG messages aren't really a
> problem.  We get
> them on every architecture; it's a `feature' of
> initrd not yet being
> completely fixed.  I agree the HIL driver needs some
> work.  I've put it
> on the joblist :-) [The joblist is about to be
> published in the website
> update I'm putting together right this minute]
> 
> > So everything has improved compared to the state
> > before the 2.3.42 merge, where even a
> defconfig-kernel
> > ended with lots of kernel BUG messages on my
> 715/33.
> 
> Yay!
> 
> > I have attached the complete boot log of this
> test.
> > Has anyone an idea what's going wrong?
> > 
> > Also: the HIL-driver is still not working. If I
> > include it I get lots of kernel BUG messages in
> > pagetable_init.
> > 
> > Ulrich
> 
> [...]
> 
> > No such device
> > current = c2fe6000, mm = c2ec1040, mmap_sem =
> c2ec105c
> > set_pte c2ec5068 02c1a605
> > current = c2fe6000, mm = c2ec1040, mmap_sem =
> c2ec105c
> > set_pte c2ebc038 0100e605
> > Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
> 
> 
> The `No such device' message makes me curious.  What
> ramdisk.bin are
> you using?
>

Whoops, sorry this was my fault. I should have read
John Marvin's message "Lan configuration failures"
from Feb 01, 2000. I was using the latest ramdisk
(20000129). I changed this to the 19991108 (!) version
and now I get my shell prompt again !

What is the difference between the 6 ramdisks on the
ftp server ? 

Anyway, thanks for the quick reply.
Ulrich
 
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