linux-kernel - Re: Patch "i386: Relocatable kernel support" causes instant reboot

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Message-Id: <20061221145922.16ee8dd7.khali@linux-fr.org>
Date:	Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:59:22 +0100
From:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
To:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...ibm.com>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Patch "i386: Relocatable kernel support" causes instant reboot

Hi Vivek,

On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:43:26 +0530, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 02:13:54PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> > On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 06:38:14 +0530, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> > > Looks like it might be a tool chain issue. I took Jean's config file and
> > > built my own kernel and I am able to boot the kernel. But I can't boot
> > > his bzImage. I observed the same behaviour as jean is experiencing. It jumps
> > > back to BIOS.
> > 
> > I can only confirm that. I installed a more recent system on the same
> > hardware, rebuilt a kernel from the same config file, and now it boots
> > OK. So it's not related to the hardware. It has to be a compilation-time
> > issue.
> 
> Looks like you have already trashed your setup. If not, is it possible to

No, of course I didn't. I installed the new system on a different hard
disk drive.

> upload the output of "objdump -D arch/i386/boot/setup.o"? This will give
> some info regarding what assembler is doing.

Here you go:
http://jdelvare.pck.nerim.net/linux/relocatable-bug/setup.asm

-- 
Jean Delvare
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