Regarding the failure to load Debian 2.6 kernels on a Geode system... Geert Stappers wrote: > Op 09-03-2008 om 21:32 schreef Frans Pop: > > This is obviously not so much an installer issues, but more a kernel issue.
Agreed. But finding this report I decided to add to it. Feel free to reassign this to a more appropriate project. > > Somewhere along the line the kernel changed in a way that is incompatible > > with your hardware, either the (upstream) kernel code or the kernel config. > > > > Comparing the kernel configs of that FC8 kernel and the Debian 2.6.24 > > kernel > > could give us some clues then. > > The first thing to check, > would be the math co-processor emulation support in the kernel. The DSL-N 2.6.12 kernel boots okay and reports the following flags. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : Geode by NSC cpu family : 5 model : 1 model name : Cx486DLC stepping : 0 cpu MHz : 332.052 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu de pse tsc msr cx8 pge cmov mmx mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow bogomips : 647.16 AFAIK the fpu flag indicates a math co-processor. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
