linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.19-rc6-mm2

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Date:	Fri, 1 Dec 2006 22:19:00 -0500
From:	Ed Tomlinson <edt@....ca>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akinobu.mita@...il.com,
	jgarzik@...ox.com, Matt_Domsch@...l.com
Subject: Re: 2.6.19-rc6-mm2

On Friday 01 December 2006 19:32, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 19:33:21 -0500
> Ed Tomlinson <edt@....ca> wrote:
> 
> > I booted without the video and vga settings with earlyprintk=vga and got output.  The
> > kenerl was complaining about a crc error.  Checking the patch list I found:
> > 
> > crc32-replace-bitreverse-by-bitrev32.patch
> > 
> > reversing this patch fixes booting here.
> 
> Odd that you're the only person seeing this - could be a miscompile?

I recompiled four times.  The only change the last time was to reverse the above patch.  I am using
gcc is 4.1.1 (gentoo 4.1.1-r1).
 
> What was the error message, exactly?

I am not sure of the exact text.  Basicly the loader loaded the kernel, a crc error was reported, then the kernel halted.  
I am using grub, gcc 4.1.1 (Gentoo 4.1.1-r1).

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