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Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:10:30 -0700 From: Samuel Sieb <samuel@...b.net> To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> CC: "Rafael C. de Almeida" <almeidaraf@...il.com>, Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> Subject: Re: kernel won't boot on a Cyrix MediaGXm (Geode ) Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Rafael C. de Almeida <almeidaraf@...il.com> wrote: > >> Samuel Sieb wrote: >>> I have a computer here with a CPU that the BIOS identifies as: >>> Cyrix MediaGXm/Cx5530 Unicorn Revision 1.19.3B >>> >>> I can't boot any kernel later than 2.6.22 on it. Anything later either >>> hangs or gives random kernel panics while booting. I tracked down the >>> problem to a specific commit: >>> >>> commit f25f64ed5bd3c2932493681bdfdb483ea707da0a > does the debug patch below (ontop of v2.6.26 or later kernels) make the > system bootable again? Commit f25f64ed5 changed the meaning of that > line. This patch switches back to the old behavior (which essentially > did nothing, due to macro side-effect bugs). > Commenting out this line didn't have any effect that I could see. I was hoping one way or another it would affect the TSC unstable message I get, but it didn't even change that. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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