On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 12:19:12PM +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 23:19 -0300, Eduardo Trápani wrote: > > >>Has anybody succesfully booted that kernel? I get lots of "format > > >>errors" while trying to load modules. And then, at the end it just > > >>blocks, it says something like "waiting for /dev/sda to come up" and > > >>that's it. > > > > > > > > > Have you built a 64 bits kernel ? > > > > I used apt-get form unstable, yes the powerpc-64 flavour. That is the > > one that gives me the "format errors". > > > > Then I built it and it boots alright, but after a couple of minutes it > > hangs. If I let it there long enough (console, without using X) I get a > > timeout error on /dev/sda. Nothing works afterwards, not even a ping > > from another machine. > > > > Same thing with the -rc5 Sven posted. > > That is strange... looks like you are having an issue with interrupts or > with the disk. Are you using CONFIG_PREEMPT ? If yes, try disabling it.
None of the debian kernels have PREEMPT enabled, at least on powerpc. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
