Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 13 Jan 2001 16:12:13 -0500 (EST) | From | Werner Puschitz <> | Subject | Re: HP Pavilion 8290 HANGS on boot 2.4/2.4-test9 |
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On Sat, 13 Jan 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Jan 2001, Werner wrote: > > > The first and last message I get is: > > "Uncompressing Linux... OK, booting the kernel" > > > # lspci > > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge(rev 02) > > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX AGP bridge(rev 02) > > 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) > > 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) > > It is to early to be caught by a DMA engine fault, but you have one of the > award winning systems that designed flaw in the hardware. Only if the > BIOS with INT13 calls are performing DMA stuff until the OS takes over > could this be a player. > > If you disable DMA in the BIOS does that help?
No, it didn't make any difference.
Is there a safe way to add debug information like simple string prints in arch/i386/boot/compressed/head.s and in arch/i386/kernel/head.S so that I can see at the console where the boot process hangs?
Thanks Werner
> > Regards, > > Andre Hedrick > Linux ATA Development > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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