Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 09 Jan 2001 16:46:41 -0500 | From | Brian Gerst <> | Subject | Re: Anybody got 2.4.0 running on a 386 ? |
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Robert Kaiser wrote: > > On Die, 09 Jan 2001 you wrote: > > Robert Kaiser wrote: > > > I can't seem to get the new 2.4.0 kernel running on a 386 CPU. > > > The kernel was built for a 386 Processor, Math emulation has been enabled. > > > I tried three different 386 boards. Execution seems to get as far as > > > pagetable_init() in arch/i386/mm/init.c, then it falls back into the BIOS as > > > if someone had pressed the reset button. The same kernel boots fine on > > > 486 and Pentium Systems. > > > > > > Any ideas/suggestions ? > > > > > > is "Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor > > mode... " the last thing you see before the reset? > > > > No, I don't see _any_ messages from the kernel. The last thing I see is > "Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel." I have added some > quick and dirty debug code that writes messages directly to the VGA > screen buffer. According to that, execution seems to get as far as the > statement > > *pte = mk_pte_phys(__pa(vaddr), PAGE_KERNEL); >
Could it be possible that memory size is being misdetected? Try mem=8M (or less) on the command line. Try to catch the value of pte when it crashes.
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