On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Rasmus Andersen wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 12:40:25AM +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> > On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Rasmus Andersen wrote:
> >
> [...]
> > > So adding IKD to 2.4.0t8 made the initial oops go away/be hidden.
> >
> > The odd colours/chars are the print EIP feature in action. You should
> > almost never say yes to all config options.. select what you need.
> >
>
> OK. So now I tried with just 'Built-in Kernel Debugger support' and
> it still worked (and look, no funny colors :) ). If I disable all
> kernel debugging I get a general protection error at 00000000 (with
> the IKD-patched 2.4.0t8 kernel).
The symptom is _different_ than without the patch being applied? That
should be impossible. With Kernel Debugging disabled, the patch should
have zero effect.. you should have your original oops back.
Anyway, it boots fine with ikd:foo enabled, so what's different from
stock kernel. Frame-pointers?.. no way in hell. Linking?..
<rummage rummage.. hoo boy, talk about grasping for straws>
If you edit arch/i386/vmlinux.lds in test8-virgin and just delete..
/* Sections to be discarded */
/DISCARD/ : {
*(.text.exit)
*(.data.exit)
*(.exitcall.exit)
}
..do your symptoms change?
> > _How_ sure are you that your hw is fine? Primary difference with all
> > options enabled is speed.. much slower with all enabled.
>
> It is an 'old' machine, approx. 5 years (an Olivetti M4, 82 modulo(?)).
> Until two years ago it ran NT without problems. For the last two years
> it has run win98 without problems. If you can suggest some way of
> testing the hw, I would happily try it, but for now this is what I
> have to offer regarding hw stability.
OK, I'd feel better about it if you had a functional linux install
with _any_ kernel version, but I doubt the hw is totally busted.
-Mike
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