Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:37:37 +0100 | From | Willy Tarreau <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.24-rc8-git does not boot on Geode LX |
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Hi Arnd,
On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 02:42:32PM +0100, Arnd Hannemann wrote: > Hi, > > Willy Tarreau schrieb: > > Hi, > > > > I've just pulled latest -git and tried this morning in on one of my ALIX > > mobos equipped with an AMD Geode LX800 + CS5536. HEAD is a7da60f41551*. > > We boot 2.6.24-rc8 on these mainboards, which BIOS version do you use?
I don"t remember and am not at home right now. I had 1.1 in mind but I may be wrong.
> > So I tried disabling PCI, MFGPT, etc... But no success yet. > > Did you try to boot with nomfgpt?
no, because I did not know about this one. I will try.
> In my experiments disabling CONFIG_GEODE_MFGPT_TIMER won't be enough to > boot 2.6.24-rc8 on a v0.98 bios or on a v0.99 bios with MFGPT workaround > turned on in the bios menu.
OK, that's a useful info.
> Otherwise the system will hang in arch/x86/kernel/mfgpt_32.c while > trying to detect MFGPT timers. > To clearify, for us the following works: > v0.99 bios, MFGPT workaround turned off in bios and > CONFIG_GEODE_MFGPT_TIMER=n
OK thanks very much. I'll try this ASAP.
Cheers! Willy
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