Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 17 Mar 1998 02:15:31 -0500 (EST) | From | David C Niemi <> | Subject | Update: Boot-time Hang in 2.1.90-pre2 and 2.1.90-pre3 |
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I am having quite a challenge pinning this one down. Those of you with ASUS 430HX (Triton II)-based motherboards and regular Pentia, please comment out SMP and turn on these options on 2.1.90-pre3:
P5 optimization BSD Process Accounting Video mode selection Parallel port/PC-style hardware Plug and Play support/Auto-probe for parallel devices ... (Character Devices) Parallel printer support Support IEEE 1284 status readback
I get a hang under these circumstances, but the same kernel is fine on an AMD K6 system with a newer BIOS and a 430TX chipset. I thought I had it narrowed down to video mode selection or BSD process accounting, but then got a contrary result. After dozens of kernel builds, it's time to call it a night. The results were always consistent for any given kernel on a given box, and seem to have nothing to do with kernel size.
David
On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, David C Niemi wrote: > I have an otherwise very stable machine which hangs midway through the boot > process on the last two prepatches. The last thing it prints is the Serial > driver and ttyS00/01 announcements. I do have parallel printer and APM > support turned on in these kernels, though there is no problem in 2.1.89 or > 2.1.90-pre1. > > Kernel is compiled with gcc 2.7.2.3 under Red Hat 5.0 with SMP not set and > CFLAGS_NSR not used (as for the working 2.1.86, 2.1.88, 2.1.89, 2.1.90-pre1 > and many previous kernels). I compiled the 2.1.90-pre2/3 kernels at least > 3 separate times with slightly different configurations, all with the same > result. > > From the 2.1.89 boot sequence, with the same configuration as the pre3 > failure: > ... > Starting kswapd v 1.5 > Serial driver version 4.24 with no serial options enabled > ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A > ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A > **** This is as far as it gets in 2.1.90-pre[23] **** > lp: driver loaded but no devices found > APM BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.4) > Entry f000:6a1c cseg16 f000 dseg fd4f cseg len e6ff, cseg16 len 0, dseg > len 22a > Connection version 1.2 > AC on line, battery status unknown, battery life unknown > battery flag 0x80, battery life unknown > Real Time Clock Driver v1.09 > Non-volatile memory driver v1.0 > Sound... > > The system is a Pentium 166/83 with 32 MB EDO RAM and a 430HX chipset on a > 1-year-old ASUS motherboard. It has an ESS1688 ISA PnP sound card, SVEC > 21140 and PCI NE2000 clone Ethernet, and an STB S3 ViRGE video card. Yes, > it's a bit overclocked, but it runs cool and its stability is extremely > well tested under many different kernels. > > Were there any changes to APM or parallel port stuff between the pre1 and > pre2 patches, or weird compiler directives or CPU initialization? And is > anyone else seeing UP hangs of this kernel? If not I'll try to pin this > down a bit further. > > --- David C Niemi --- niemi@tux.org --- Reston, Virginia, USA --- > "Well the lush separation unfolds you - and the products of wealth > push you along on the bow wave of their spiritless undying selves." > >
--- David C Niemi --- niemi@tux.org --- Reston, Virginia, USA --- "Well the lush separation unfolds you - and the products of wealth push you along on the bow wave of their spiritless undying selves."
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