Re: Can't boot past hlt check (cvs kernel)
Martin Mares (mj@ucw.cz)
Fri, 4 Sep 1998 10:18:08 +0200
> I haven't had a chance to check the archive on linux-kernel on the web
> yet, but I just got a chance to run the cvs kernel on my p2-400-128MB
> (tekram mb, with latest flash bios). However, it can't get buy the
> Checking 'hlt instruction.... message. It detects it as Pentium II
> Deutche just fine, but it always hangs there. my 2.0.34 kernel works just
> fine. Also, one thing that might be related to this, is that I just
> noticed (don't know if it occured on my previous builds of the cvs kernel
> when i had this problem,) that right after it pops up the Linux version #
> in the boot process, it displays the error
> kmem_alloc: NULL ptr (name=unknown).
>
> Is it possible that these 2 items are related?
Probably not. As a temporary fix for the first one, try moving the call to
check_bugs() in init/main.c below calibrate_delay().
Have a nice fortnight
--
Martin `MJ' Mares <mj@ucw.cz> http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/
Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth
"Q: How to start hacking Linux? A: vi /boot/vmlinuz"
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