Re: powerpc64 kernel panic if you disable CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM?

From: Balbir Singh
Date: Sat Dec 16 2017 - 17:33:39 EST


On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 8:34 AM, Rob Landley <rob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I just added a ppc64 target to https://github.com/landley/mkroot which
> means I built 4.14 with the attached miniconfig and ran it with the
> attached qemu command line, and it works fine as is but if you remove
> the transactional mem line from the config the kernel panics instead
> of launching a shell prompt:
>
> init[1]: unhandled signal 4 at 0000000010001a04 nip 0000000010001a04
> lr 000000001002ebe8 code 1
> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000004
>

what does the instruction at 10001a04 look like?

Balbir Singh.