2.1.72/3: boot problems

Martin Imrisek (modulus@interlog.com)
Sat, 20 Dec 1997 10:15:06 -0500 (EST)


A little while ago I posted that when booting a 2.1.72 (SMP) kernel, the
boot seemed to have stopped at the point when the random seed gets
initialized. Basically the machine just sits there... I still have the
same problems for 2.1.73 and I am not sure what could be causing the
problem since most of my kernel options are the same as they were for the
2.1.66 kernel that I compiled, which incidentally, works well for me.

Here's my .config if it may help:

#
# Automatically generated by make menuconfig: don't edit
#

#
# Code maturity level options
#
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y

#
# Loadable module support
#
CONFIG_MODULES=y
# CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set
CONFIG_KERNELD=y

#
# General setup
#
# CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
CONFIG_NET=y
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_PCI_OPTIMIZE=y
# CONFIG_MCA is not set
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=m
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m
CONFIG_BINFMT_JAVA=m
CONFIG_M586=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
CONFIG_PARPORT=y
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=y

#
# Plug and Play support
#
CONFIG_PNP=y
CONFIG_PNP_PARPORT=m

#
# Floppy, IDE, and other block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE=m
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 is not set
# CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=y
CONFIG_MD_LINEAR=m
CONFIG_MD_STRIPED=m
CONFIG_MD_MIRRORING=m
CONFIG_MD_RAID5=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=m
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_EZ is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set

#
# Networking options
#
CONFIG_PACKET=y
# CONFIG_NETLINK is not set
CONFIG_FIREWALL=y
CONFIG_NET_SECURITY=y
CONFIG_NET_ALIAS=y
CONFIG_UNIX=m
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
# CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set
CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL=y
CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL_VERBOSE=y
CONFIG_IP_TRANSPARENT_PROXY=y
CONFIG_IP_ALWAYS_DEFRAG=y
CONFIG_IP_ACCT=y
CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE=y
# CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_ICMP is not set
# CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_IPAUTOFW is not set
# CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_IPPORTFW is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ROUTER is not set
CONFIG_NET_IPIP=m
# CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set
CONFIG_IP_MROUTE=y
# CONFIG_IP_PIMSM_V1 is not set
# CONFIG_IP_PIMSM_V2 is not set
CONFIG_IP_ALIAS=m
CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y
CONFIG_INET_RARP=m
CONFIG_IP_NOSR=y
CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y
# CONFIG_IPV6 is not set
CONFIG_IPX=m
# CONFIG_IPX_INTERN is not set
# CONFIG_ATALK is not set
# CONFIG_X25 is not set
# CONFIG_LAPB is not set
# CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set
# CONFIG_LLC is not set
# CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_CPU_IS_SLOW is not set
# CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set

#
# SCSI support
#
CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR=y
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=y
CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y
CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y

#
# SCSI low-level drivers
#
# CONFIG_SCSI_7000FASST is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA152X is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1740 is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX=y
# CONFIG_AIC7XXX_TAGGED_QUEUEING is not set
# CONFIG_OVERRIDE_CMDS is not set
# CONFIG_AIC7XXX_PAGE_ENABLE is not set
# CONFIG_AIC7XXX_PROC_STATS is not set
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_RESET_DELAY=15
# CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IN2000 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AM53C974 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DTC3280 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C406A is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PPA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PAS16 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2000 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2220I is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PSI240I is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FAS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SEAGATE is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_T128 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ULTRASTOR is not set

#
# Network device support
#
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
# CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
CONFIG_DUMMY=m
CONFIG_EQUALIZER=m
# CONFIG_ETHERTAP is not set
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM=y
# CONFIG_EL1 is not set
# CONFIG_EL2 is not set
# CONFIG_ELPLUS is not set
# CONFIG_EL16 is not set
CONFIG_EL3=y
# CONFIG_VORTEX is not set
# CONFIG_LANCE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_RACAL is not set
# CONFIG_NET_ISA is not set
# CONFIG_NET_EISA is not set
# CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set
# CONFIG_FDDI is not set
# CONFIG_DLCI is not set
# CONFIG_PLIP is not set
CONFIG_PPP=m
CONFIG_SLIP=m
CONFIG_SLIP_COMPRESSED=y
CONFIG_SLIP_SMART=y
CONFIG_SLIP_MODE_SLIP6=y
# CONFIG_STRIP is not set
# CONFIG_WAVELAN is not set
# CONFIG_TR is not set
CONFIG_SHAPER=m

#
# Amateur Radio support
#
# CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set

#
# ISDN subsystem
#
# CONFIG_ISDN is not set

#
# CD-ROM drivers (not for SCSI or IDE/ATAPI drives)
#
# CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set
CONFIG_CDROM=y

#
# Filesystems
#
CONFIG_QUOTA=y
# CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
CONFIG_FAT_FS=m
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=m
# CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
CONFIG_NFSD=m
CONFIG_SUNRPC=y
CONFIG_LOCKD=y
# CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set
CONFIG_SMB_FS=m
CONFIG_SMB_WIN95=y
# CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set
CONFIG_HPFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_ROMFS_FS=m
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION is not set

#
# Native Language Support
#
CONFIG_NLS=y
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=m
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850 is not set
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852=m
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R is not set

#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
# CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set
CONFIG_PRINTER=y
CONFIG_PRINTER_READBACK=y
CONFIG_MOUSE=y
# CONFIG_ATIXL_BUSMOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_BUSMOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_MS_BUSMOUSE is not set
CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y
# CONFIG_82C710_MOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_PC110_PAD is not set
# CONFIG_UMISC is not set
# CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set
# CONFIG_APM is not set
# CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set
CONFIG_RTC=y
# CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_BT848 is not set
# CONFIG_VIDEO_PMS is not set
# CONFIG_NVRAM is not set
CONFIG_JOYSTICK=m
# CONFIG_MISC_RADIO is not set

#
# Ftape, the floppy tape device driver
#
# CONFIG_FTAPE is not set

#
# Sound
#
CONFIG_SOUND=m
# CONFIG_PAS is not set
# CONFIG_SB is not set
# CONFIG_ADLIB is not set
# CONFIG_GUS is not set
# CONFIG_MPU401 is not set
# CONFIG_PSS is not set
# CONFIG_MSS is not set
# CONFIG_SSCAPE is not set
# CONFIG_TRIX is not set
CONFIG_MAD16=m
# CONFIG_CS4232 is not set
# CONFIG_MAUI is not set
# CONFIG_OPL3SA1 is not set
# CONFIG_SOFTOSS is not set
# CONFIG_YM3812 is not set
MAD16_BASE=530
MAD16_IRQ=7
MAD16_DMA=3
MAD16_DMA2=0
MAD16_MPU_BASE=330
MAD16_MPU_IRQ=9
# CONFIG_LOWLEVEL_SOUND is not set

#
# Kernel hacking
#
# CONFIG_PROFILE is not set
# CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ is not set

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Martin Imrisek "I've done . . . questionable things.
imrisek@interlog.com Nothing the God of biomechanics
wouldn't let you into heaven for."