Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:17:40 -0700 | From | Mike Travis <> | Subject | Re: [crash, bisected] Re: [PATCH 3/4] x86_64: Fold pda into per cpu area |
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Eric W. Biederman wrote: > Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> writes: > >> will only boot and run with gcc-4.2.0, and does the "failure at grub" screen >> with >> gcc-4.2.4 ...! > > Do these tests have an early serial console enabled? I want to confirm > that the failure is very early in boot before or just as we reach C code. > > If you don't have an early console we could be failing late in the process just > not have visibility. > >> Any other suggestions? > > If you have a serial console to add a little bit of instrumentation super duper early. > Although looking at the generated objects might be just as interesting. > > Eric
Hi,
Sorry for the delay, been off the past 4 days.
I'll see how closely I can narrow down where the fault is. I have been inserting very early printk's to track how far into the startup it gets before bailing.
Thanks, Mike
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