Messages in this thread | | | From | Chris Samuel <> | Subject | Re: FW: 2.6.38.3 and 2.6.39-rc4 hangs after "Booting the kernel" on quad Pentium Pro system | Date | Sun, 24 Apr 2011 09:24:07 +1000 |
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Hi Thomas,
On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 11:52:27 PM Thomas Meyer wrote:
> Could you try to change the line: > > } else if (oreg.ax == 15*1024) { > boot_params.alt_mem_k = (oreg.dx << 6) + oreg.ax; > > to > } else if (oreg.ax == 15*1024) { > boot_params.alt_mem_k = (oreg.bx << 6) + oreg.ax; > > That should fix your misdetection.
Took me a while to spot the D->B change - good catch!
I can confirm the allnoconfig now no longer hangs and proceeds to panic about not being able to mount the rootfs, which is good. I'll build a more functional kernel now and check it boots OK.
All the best, Chris -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC
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