Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 3 Mar 2004 20:15:14 +0100 | From | Jurriaan <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.3-mm4 / 2.5 Gb memory / sym53c8xx_2 won't boot |
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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Date: Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 02:47:57PM -0800 > Jurriaan <thunder7@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > > > After upgrading my memory from 1 Gb to 2.5 Gb my 2.6.3-mm4 kernel > > wouldn't boot anymore. > > > > It hang when detecting the scsi-chip. > > I had in my .config: > > > > CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_DMA_ADDRESSING_MODE=1 > > > > the default value. > > > > The scsi bus kept resetting before detecting any devices. Interestingly, > > 2.6.3-mm1 did boot with that .config setting. Once I recompiled > > 2.6.3-mm4 with > > > > CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_DMA_ADDRESSING_MODE=0 > > > > it booted (and worked) fine. > > > > So, something regressed in 2.6.3-mm4 versus 2.6.3-mm1, so the default > > setting didn't work correctly anymore. > > I don't know what caused this - there are a few patches in there which > touch the DMA and BIO highmem areas. Plus always the latest scsi > development tree. > > > If there is anything I can test, please let me know. > > Could you test Linus's current tree? The first link at > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.5/testing/cset/. > > If this bug hasn't hit Linus's tree yet, it will soon do so... > It probably will, since it's not in Linus's tree as of
cset-20040303_0509.txt
ie 2.6.4-rc1-mm1 + cset-20040303_0509 does boot with CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_DMA_ADDRESSING_MODE=1, and 2.6.3-mm4 doesn't.
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