hello, i'm having the same problem as this gentleman. i can't get a 2.6.24 or greater to boot. i end up with this trace-
[ 0.108006] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000286 [ 0.120007] IP: [<c010797d>] text_poke_early+0x41/0x52 [ 0.132008] Oops: 0000 [#1] [ 0.132008] Modules linked in: [ 0.132008] [ 0.132008] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted (2.6.26-1-486 #1) [ 0.132008] EIP: 0060:[<c010797d>] EFLAGS: 00010286 CPU: 0 [ 0.132008] EIP is at text_poke_early+0x41/0x52 [ 0.132008] EAX: 00000286 EBX: 0000000a ECX: 00000000 EDX: 00000286 [ 0.132008] ESI: c0363ee0 EDI: c010797f EBP: c0107975 ESP: c0363eb0 [ 0.132008] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 0000 GS: 0000 SS: 0068 [ 0.132008] Process swapper (pid: 0, ti=c0362000 task=c033a320 task.ti=c0362000) [ 0.132008] Stack: 00000286 00000000 c036a61e c03ab534 0000000a c0363ee0 c0363ed6 c0107a71 [ 0.132008] c03b21ac 9d500000 26b48d90 00000000 000000b6 00000000 00000046 c012d2ea [ 0.132008] 00000086 c012a5a6 00000302 00000000 00000000 c03edb40 066ff300 00000000 [ 0.132008] Call Trace: [ 0.132008] [<c036a61e>] native_init_IRQ+0x46/0x79 [ 0.132008] [<c0107a71>] apply_paravirt+0x81/0x91 [ 0.132008] [<c012d2ea>] __update_sched_clock+0x50/0x116 [ 0.132008] [<c012a5a6>] run_posix_cpu_timers+0x1d/0x726 [ 0.132008] [<c011978a>] task_tick_fair+0x15/0x6a [ 0.132008] [<c012c90e>] up+0x36/0x3a [ 0.132008] [<c011bfa2>] release_console_sem+0x178/0x193 [ 0.132008] [<c011c3b2>] vprintk+0x269/0x275 [ 0.132008] [<c012c13f>] ktime_get+0xd/0x21 [ 0.132008] [<c013156d>] tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick+0x24f/0x259 [ 0.132008] [<c0105dcc>] do_IRQ+0x50/0x60 [ 0.132008] [<c0104763>] common_interrupt+0x23/0x30 [ 0.132008] [<c036b6f5>] alternative_instructions+0x23/0x3c [ 0.132008] [<c036bf8a>] check_bugs+0xd2/0xd4 [ 0.132008] [<c03649bc>] start_kernel+0x271/0x27e [ 0.132008] ======================= [ 0.132008] Code: 00 89 c2 fa 90 8d b4 26 00 00 00 00 90 89 c8 89 ef c1 e8 02 89 c1 f3 a5 89 d9 83 e1 03 74 02 f3 a4 89 d0 50 9d 90 8d b4 26 00 00 <00> [ 0.132008] EIP: [<c010797d>] text_poke_early+0x41/0x52 SS:ESP 0068:c0363eb0 [ 0.140008] ---[ end trace 4eaa2a86a8e2da22 ]--- [ 0.144009] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task! that's for one kernel here's another- [ 0.108000] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000282 [ 0.120000] IP: [<c0106c3f>] text_poke_early+0x3e/0x4e [ 0.128000] Oops: 0000 [#1] [ 0.128000] last sysfs file: [ 0.128000] Modules linked in: [ 0.128000] [ 0.128000] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted (2.6.29-1-486 #1) [ 0.128000] EIP: 0060:[<c0106c3f>] EFLAGS: 00010282 CPU: 0 [ 0.128000] EIP is at text_poke_early+0x3e/0x4e [ 0.128000] EAX: 00000282 EBX: 0000000a ECX: 00000000 EDX: 00000282 [ 0.128000] ESI: c03b3ee0 EDI: c0106c41 EBP: c0106c37 ESP: c03b3eb4 [ 0.128000] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 0000 GS: 0000 SS: 0068 [ 0.128000] Process swapper (pid: 0, ti=c03b2000 task=c037f38c task.ti=c03b2000) [ 0.128000] Stack: [ 0.128000] 00000282 00000000 c040d72c 0000000a c03b3ee0 c03b3ed6 c0106d0c c041481c [ 0.128000] 9d500000 26b48d90 00000000 000000b6 00000000 c0132b80 00000002 00000086 [ 0.128000] c012cd2b 00005e04 066ff6be 00000000 066ff6be c0429698 066ff300 00000000 [ 0.128000] Call Trace: [ 0.128000] [<c0106d0c>] apply_paravirt+0x80/0x90 [ 0.128000] [<c0132b80>] clocksource_get_next+0x41/0x49 [ 0.128000] [<c012cd2b>] run_posix_cpu_timers+0x1d/0x6f9 [ 0.128000] [<c013214c>] getnstimeofday+0x4c/0xc7 [ 0.128000] [<c012fab7>] __update_sched_clock+0x1d/0x11c [ 0.128000] [<c012f023>] up+0x36/0x3a [ 0.128000] [<c011e06c>] release_console_sem+0x178/0x19e [ 0.128000] [<c011e461>] vprintk+0x220/0x22c [ 0.128000] [<c0104c4e>] do_IRQ+0x52/0x64 [ 0.128000] [<c0103a27>] common_interrupt+0x27/0x30 [ 0.128000] [<c03bca0a>] alternative_instructions+0x23/0x3c [ 0.128000] [<c03bd235>] check_bugs+0xd2/0xd4 [ 0.128000] [<c03b4919>] start_kernel+0x291/0x29e [ 0.128000] Code: 00 89 c2 fa 90 8d b4 26 00 00 00 00 90 89 c8 89 ef c1 e8 02 89 c1 f3 a5 89 d9 83 e1 03 74 02 f3 a4 89 d0 50 9d 90 8d b4 26 00 00 <00> [ 0.128000] EIP: [<c0106c3f>] text_poke_early+0x3e/0x4e SS:ESP 0068:c03b3eb4 [ 0.132001] ---[ end trace 4eaa2a86a8e2da22 ]--- [ 0.136001] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task! i'm trying to get an old 4511 back up for testing. 64M ram, 4G cfcard i had read somewhere else it might be a irq-read coming from the kernel. if i drop this module will it then work? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
