Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 26 Dec 1996 08:47:29 -0800 (PST) | From | Rob Glover <> | Subject | Re: Linux on a MCA-NCR 80386 |
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Upgrade your libc to 5.4.17, binutuls to 2.7.0.3, and ld.so to 1.8.5... Read the /usr/src/linux/Doumentation/Changes.. those are NOT suggestions, those are REQUIREMENTS.
-Rob
On Thu, 26 Dec 1996, Philipp Frauenfelder wrote:
> > > Hello guys, > > I'm trying to boot a kernel on a NCR 80386 with MCA. > > First step: I've compiled a kernel on my other Linux-Box (80486 VLB etc.). > I took the source from 2.1.16, since the MCA patches are in this source > tree already. > > First problem: it's not possible for me to compile the kernel with only > MCA-support include and PCI-support not. GCC complains about things he was > not finding while compiling bios32.c -- so I went and included PCI-support > too. Fine. > > Next problem: the compile went trough and left me with a about 12kB (no > typo!) big zImage (make zImage). As I don't want to upgrade all the things > mentioned in Documentation/Changes, I've looked around in the source to > find the difference between 2.1.16 and 2.0.25. I found it in > arch/i386/Makefile, line 31. There it says 'IMAGE_OFFSET=0xC0100000' and > I've changed it back to 'IMAGE_OFFSET=0x100000' as it was in 2.0.25. Now I > get a zImage which is about 415kB big. Very nice. > > Let's cat arch/i386/boot > /dev/fd0 and try the new kernel out (I'm just > interested whether it's booting). But the only thing that happens: > Loading ........................... > Uncompressing Linux...done. > Now booting the kernel > And finished. The computer now completly hangs, nothing happens and if I > had not switched it off, it would still display this message (by the way: > I've also tried bzImage). > > Now my questions: > > o Is it really necessary to include PCI-support into an MCA-kernel? > > o Why is the MCA-kernel not booting? I expected it to initialise > the console, at least. > > o I'm currently using: > binutils 2.6.0.12 > gcc 2.7.2 > libc 5.2.18 > ld-linux.so.1.7.14 > Which one of these do I *really* need to upgrade in order to be > able to compile the kernel 'out of the box' (read: w/o changing > IMAGE_OFFSET)? > > or alternatively > > o Are there other parts of the kernel which are affected by my > change of IMAGE_OFFSET in arch/i386/Makefile? > > Thank you very much for every advise or hint. Additional info on kernel > config or hardware of NCR-MCA machine are available on request. > > 'Mery X-mas' is outdated now, but I wish you a happy new year. > > cu > Philipp > > -- Philipp Frauenfelder home: pfrauenf@niederglatt.lugs.ch -- > -- Tel./Fax: +41 1 850 54 64 school: pfrauenf@math.ethz.ch -- > -- Member of the Linux User Group Switzerland -- Student at ETH Zurich -- > >
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