Re: Kernel 2.2.1 hangs on boot

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 25 Feb 1999 17:01:34 +0000 (GMT)

Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]
Next message: G.W. Wettstein: "Re: 2.2.2: 2 thumbs up from lm"
Previous message: Alan Cox: "Re: v2.2.2: definition of _SYS_SHM_H missing, fault in kernel src.?"
In reply to: Knut Neumann: "Kernel 2.2.1 hangs on boot"

> I already tried several kernel-configurations (mainly with different PCI
> Bios accesses, because on time it said: uncompressing linux...no setup
> identification string found), from the most leanest kernel to the biggest
> modular one. I tried the kernel rpms from redhat, running configurations
> from other machines...nothing everytime the same error message.
>
> So I tried several bios setup things which did not work either...I hope
> there is someone out there who can help me (I may use 2.0.36, which works,
> but it does not seem ok to me to give up, just because its not working)

Let me know if the following fixes it

--- arch/i386/kernel/time.c~ Fri Feb 19 00:21:21 1999
+++ arch/i386/kernel/time.c Thu Feb 25 16:05:50 1999
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@

dodgy_tsc();

- if (boot_cpu_data.x86_capability & X86_FEATURE_TSC) {
+ if (0 && boot_cpu_data.x86_capability & X86_FEATURE_TSC) {
#ifndef do_gettimeoffset
do_gettimeoffset = do_fast_gettimeoffset;
#endif

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Next message: G.W. Wettstein: "Re: 2.2.2: 2 thumbs up from lm"
Previous message: Alan Cox: "Re: v2.2.2: definition of _SYS_SHM_H missing, fault in kernel src.?"
In reply to: Knut Neumann: "Kernel 2.2.1 hangs on boot"