On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 08:14:10PM +0100, Florian Lohoff wrote: > On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 04:54:05PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > - SGI Indy (IP22): the installer doesn't start. I get: > > tip22: IP22 Linux tftpboot loader 0.3.8.8 > > Loading program segment 1 at 0x0, size = 0xZeroing memory at 0x88004000, > > size = 0x0 > > Starting kernel; entry point = 0x8840a000 > > and nothing else, which is odd because 2.6.22-6 itself works fine on > > my Indy. Thiemo or Flo, can you investigate? The size = 0x0 > > definitely looks wrong... > > This is a misacalculation bug in arcboot and thus most likely also in tip22. > As the kernel itself also cleans its BSS IIRC this shouldnt be a > problem as long as size is 0 :) The address was completely bogus for me > too so clearing memory somewhere in dark might also result in crashes. > > Guido aka agx knew about this bug ... > > From my testing in the last days this bug did not cause any problems for > me ... Arcboot 0.3.8.9 in experimental has this fixed - I didn't upload to unstable since my O2 has hardware problems an so I couldn't check that it doesn't break IP32 (although it shouldn't). Cheers, -- Guido
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