linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.22-rc1-mm1: boot failure under qemu

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Date:	Wed, 16 May 2007 09:30:07 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.22-rc1-mm1: boot failure under qemu

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> There are a number of highly odd things about your dump, in particular,
> %es == 0x8100 at this point, which means the constraint %cs == %ds ==
> %es == %ss has been violated in this code; this should only happen
> locally inside an assembly routine or asm() statement.  Another bizarre
> thing is that %ebp, which apparently is supposed to contain the base at
> this point, is *also* set to 0x8100.
>   

Yeah, I noticed the segment state was all over the place.

> I have been using Qemu (as well as Bochs) to develop and test the code,
> so obviously it Works For Me[TM].  Please describe the entry conditions
> in more detail; in particular, what did you use to load the kernel?
>   

qemu -kernel bzImage -hda filesystem.img

> Also, could you send me your .config and simulation image?
>   

Yep, separate mail.

    J
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