Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 5 Jun 1998 12:36:24 +0000 (GMT) | From | "James \"Unix\" Blachly" <> | Subject | 2.1.104-pre1 - *Still* GPFs |
| |
Well I poseted yesterday about 2.1.103 GPFing on me upon partition check. One person suggested that I upgraded to 2.1.104. I read through the patchfile and it didn't look like it would help as it didn't touch the line, or even the file in which the kernel is crashing on me -- but I tried it anyway and, surprise, same thing, same place.
I'll post again for any kernel developer that actually wants to help investigate -- I only got one reply asking me to try something, and he suggested running it through ksymoops to provide more help .. I have two questions though, where can I obtain ksymoops, and will it really help since it is a General protection fault and not an oops?
Anyway for those that didn't read my other message here is a snippet from it:
According to my System.map the EIP matched the function find_buffer() in fs/buffer.c. Using the incredibly non-real-programmer technique of placing a printk(" *1*"); printk(" *2*"); etc. after every line. So the offending line is 575, and it reads: next = tmp->b_next;
Please help me to get this to work! I don't have the hard disk space or the time to go back and recompile every kernel between 2.0.33 and 2.1.103 to find out which one introduced the problem, as I'm still a student. In any event this Shouldn't Happen(tm) so someone PLEASE help me to get it to work.
My other message shows my bootup screen (for 2.1.103) a URL for an archived copy of my message yesterday is: http://www.linuxhq.com/lnxlists/linux-kernel/lk_9806_01/msg00390.html (the subject is 2.1.103 - GPF on parition table processing (on bootup))
Please help, as I'd like to both get a goodcutting edge kernel working, as well as contribute my part to the development.
Thanks sincerely, James S. Blachly jblachly@insolwwb.nospam.net
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
| |