The attached .config file created a working kernel for 2.4.2. Now, with the one compiled from 2.4.5pre2aa1, it only gives kernel panic during boot with the following message: Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idel task In idle task -- not syncing This happened on LX164 with AlphaBIOS running SuSE-7.0, gcc-2.95.2-136. Almost identical .config file created a working kernel for UP2000 SMP. So, what is wrong with LX164? Should I dump this old ALpha now? Andrea told us that he will not care for anything compiled with gcc-2.95 or version lower than that. However, it seems that this kernel panic has anything to do with gcc-2.95. Anyway, gcc-2.95 is still the official release of gcc. Even SuSE-7.1 has this version only. I wish SuSE puts something higher than 2.95 in their web site somewhere. Best regards, Hugh
# # Automatically generated make config: don't edit # CONFIG_ALPHA=y # CONFIG_UID16 is not set CONFIG_RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK=y # # Code maturity level options # CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y # # Loadable module support # CONFIG_MODULES=y CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y CONFIG_KMOD=y # # General setup # # CONFIG_ALPHA_GENERIC is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_ALCOR is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_XL is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_BOOK1 is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_AVANTI is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_CABRIOLET is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_DP264 is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_EB164 is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_EB64P is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_EB66 is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_EB66P is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_EIGER is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_JENSEN is not set CONFIG_ALPHA_LX164=y # CONFIG_ALPHA_MIATA is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_MIKASA is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_NAUTILUS is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_NONAME is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_NORITAKE is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_PC164 is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_P2K is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_RAWHIDE is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_RUFFIAN is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_RX164 is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_SX164 is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_SABLE is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_TAKARA is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_TITAN is not set # CONFIG_ALPHA_WILDFIRE is not set CONFIG_ISA=y CONFIG_EISA=y # CONFIG_SBUS is not set # CONFIG_MCA is not set CONFIG_PCI=y CONFIG_ALPHA_EV5=y CONFIG_ALPHA_CIA=y CONFIG_ALPHA_PYXIS=y # CONFIG_ALPHA_SRM is not set CONFIG_DISCONTIGMEM=y CONFIG_NUMA=y CONFIG_NUMA_SCHED=y # CONFIG_ALPHA_LARGE_VMALLOC is not set CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y # CONFIG_HOTPLUG is not set # CONFIG_PCMCIA is not set CONFIG_NET=y CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y CONFIG_SYSCTL=y CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y # CONFIG_KCORE_AOUT is not set CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y # CONFIG_BINFMT_EM86 is not set # # Parallel port support # CONFIG_PARPORT=y CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=y CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO=y # CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_SUPERIO is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_AMIGA is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_MFC3 is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_ATARI is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_SUNBPP is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER is not set CONFIG_PARPORT_1284=y # # Memory Technology Devices (MTD) # # CONFIG_MTD is not set # # Plug and Play configuration # CONFIG_PNP=y CONFIG_ISAPNP=y # # Block devices # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set # CONFIG_PARIDE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA is not set # CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD=m # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set # # Multi-device support (RAID and LVM) # CONFIG_MD=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LVM=y # # Networking options # CONFIG_PACKET=y # CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP is not set CONFIG_NETLINK=y CONFIG_RTNETLINK=y CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=y # CONFIG_NETFILTER is not set # CONFIG_FILTER is not set CONFIG_UNIX=y CONFIG_INET=y # CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set # CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set # CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set # CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set # CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set # CONFIG_ARPD is not set # CONFIG_INET_ECN is not set CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y # CONFIG_IPV6 is not set # CONFIG_KHTTPD is not set # CONFIG_ATM is not set # # # # CONFIG_IPX is not set # CONFIG_ATALK is not set # CONFIG_DECNET is not set # CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set # CONFIG_X25 is not set # CONFIG_LAPB is not set # CONFIG_LLC is not set # CONFIG_NET_DIVERT is not set # CONFIG_ECONET is not set # CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER is not set CONFIG_NET_FASTROUTE=y # CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL is not set # # QoS and/or fair queueing # # CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set # # ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support # CONFIG_IDE=y # # IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block devices # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y # # Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives # # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y # CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_VENDOR is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_COMMERIAL is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set # # IDE chipset support/bugfixes # # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ISAPNP is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y # CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y # CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_WIP is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AEC62XX is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI15X3 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD7409 is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD64X=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CY82C693 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5530 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT34X is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT366 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OSB4 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SLC90E66 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX is not set # CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y # CONFIG_IDEDMA_IVB is not set # CONFIG_DMA_NONPCI is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES=y # # SCSI support # CONFIG_SCSI=y # # SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-ROM) # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y CONFIG_SD_EXTRA_DEVS=40 CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=y # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_OSST is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR is not set CONFIG_SR_EXTRA_DEVS=2 CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=y # # Some SCSI devices (e.g. CD jukebox) support multiple LUNs # CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG_QUEUES=y # CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN is not set CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING=y # # SCSI low-level drivers # # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_3W_XXXX_RAID is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_7000FASST is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_ACARD is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AHA152X is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1740 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX_OLD is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_IN2000 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AM53C974 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_MEGARAID is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_CPQFCTS is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_DMX3191D is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_DTC3280 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_EATA is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_INITIO is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_INIA100 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_PPA is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_IMM is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C406A is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX is not set CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX=y CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_DEFAULT_TAGS=8 CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_MAX_TAGS=4 CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_SYNC=40 # CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_PROFILE is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_IOMAPPED is not set CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_PQS_PDS=y # CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_SYMBIOS_COMPAT is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_PAS16 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2000 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2220I is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_PSI240I is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FAS is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FC is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_1280 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_SIM710 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C416 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_T128 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG is not set # # Network device support # CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y # # ARCnet devices # # CONFIG_ARCNET is not set CONFIG_DUMMY=y # CONFIG_BONDING is not set # CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set # CONFIG_TUN is not set # CONFIG_ETHERTAP is not set # CONFIG_NET_SB1000 is not set # # Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit) # CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM is not set # CONFIG_LANCE is not set # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_RACAL is not set # CONFIG_AT1700 is not set # CONFIG_DEPCA is not set # CONFIG_HP100 is not set # CONFIG_NET_ISA is not set CONFIG_NET_PCI=y # CONFIG_PCNET32 is not set # CONFIG_ADAPTEC_STARFIRE is not set # CONFIG_AC3200 is not set # CONFIG_APRICOT is not set # CONFIG_CS89x0 is not set CONFIG_TULIP=y # CONFIG_DE4X5 is not set # CONFIG_DGRS is not set # CONFIG_DM9102 is not set # CONFIG_EEPRO100 is not set # CONFIG_LNE390 is not set # CONFIG_NATSEMI is not set # CONFIG_NE2K_PCI is not set # CONFIG_NE3210 is not set # CONFIG_ES3210 is not set # CONFIG_8139TOO is not set # CONFIG_SIS900 is not set # CONFIG_EPIC100 is not set # CONFIG_SUNDANCE is not set # CONFIG_TLAN is not set # CONFIG_VIA_RHINE is not set # CONFIG_WINBOND_840 is not set # CONFIG_HAPPYMEAL is not set # CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set # # Ethernet (1000 Mbit) # # CONFIG_ACENIC is not set # CONFIG_HAMACHI is not set # CONFIG_YELLOWFIN is not set CONFIG_SK98LIN=m # CONFIG_FDDI is not set # CONFIG_HIPPI is not set # CONFIG_PLIP is not set # CONFIG_PPP is not set # CONFIG_SLIP is not set # # Wireless LAN (non-hamradio) # # CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set # # Token Ring devices # # CONFIG_TR is not set # CONFIG_NET_FC is not set # CONFIG_RCPCI is not set # CONFIG_SHAPER is not set # # Wan interfaces # # CONFIG_WAN is not set # # Amateur Radio support # # CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set # # ISDN subsystem # # CONFIG_ISDN is not set # # Old CD-ROM drivers (not SCSI, not IDE) # # CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set # # Character devices # CONFIG_VT=y CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_SERIAL=y # CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE is not set # CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED is not set # CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256 CONFIG_PRINTER=y # CONFIG_LP_CONSOLE is not set # CONFIG_PPDEV is not set # # I2C support # # CONFIG_I2C is not set # # Mice # # CONFIG_BUSMOUSE is not set CONFIG_MOUSE=y CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y # CONFIG_82C710_MOUSE is not set # CONFIG_PC110_PAD is not set # # Joysticks # # # Game port support # # # Gameport joysticks # # # Serial port support # # # Serial port joysticks # # # Parallel port joysticks # # CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set # # Watchdog Cards # # CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set # CONFIG_INTEL_RNG is not set # CONFIG_NVRAM is not set CONFIG_RTC=y # CONFIG_DTLK is not set # CONFIG_R3964 is not set # CONFIG_APPLICOM is not set # # Ftape, the floppy tape device driver # # CONFIG_FTAPE is not set # CONFIG_AGP is not set # CONFIG_DRM is not set # # Multimedia devices # # CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set # # File systems # CONFIG_QUOTA=y # CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK=y # CONFIG_ADFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_HFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_BFS_FS is not set CONFIG_FAT_FS=y CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y # CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y # CONFIG_EFS_FS is not set CONFIG_JFFS_FS_VERBOSE=0 # CONFIG_CRAMFS is not set # CONFIG_TMPFS is not set # CONFIG_RAMFS is not set CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y CONFIG_JOLIET=y CONFIG_MINIX_FS=y CONFIG_NTFS_FS=y # CONFIG_NTFS_RW is not set # CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set CONFIG_PROC_FS=y # CONFIG_DEVFS_FS is not set CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y # CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS is not set # CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y # CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set CONFIG_UDF_FS=y # CONFIG_UDF_RW is not set # CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set # # Network File Systems # # CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set CONFIG_NFS_FS=y CONFIG_NFS_V3=y CONFIG_NFSD=y CONFIG_NFSD_V3=y CONFIG_SUNRPC=y CONFIG_LOCKD=y CONFIG_LOCKD_V4=y CONFIG_SMB_FS=y CONFIG_SMB_NLS_DEFAULT=y CONFIG_SMB_NLS_REMOTE="cp949" # CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set # # Partition Types # CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED=y # CONFIG_ACORN_PARTITION is not set CONFIG_OSF_PARTITION=y # CONFIG_AMIGA_PARTITION is not set # CONFIG_ATARI_PARTITION is not set # CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION is not set CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL=y # CONFIG_MINIX_SUBPARTITION is not set # CONFIG_SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION is not set # CONFIG_UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL is not set # CONFIG_SGI_PARTITION is not set # CONFIG_ULTRIX_PARTITION is not set # CONFIG_SUN_PARTITION is not set CONFIG_SMB_NLS=y CONFIG_NLS=y # # Native Language Support # CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="euc-kr" CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_936 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_950 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_932 is not set CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_949=y # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1251 is not set CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_13 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_14 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R is not set # CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_U is not set # CONFIG_NLS_UTF8 is not set # # Console drivers # CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y # # Frame-buffer support # # CONFIG_FB is not set # # Sound # CONFIG_SOUND=y # CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_EMU10K1 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_FUSION is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_CS4281 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_ES1370 is not set CONFIG_SOUND_ES1371=y # CONFIG_SOUND_ESSSOLO1 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO3 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_ICH is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_SONICVIBES is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_TRIDENT is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDCLAS is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDPIN is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_VIA82CXXX is not set CONFIG_SOUND_OSS=y # CONFIG_SOUND_TRACEINIT is not set CONFIG_SOUND_DMAP=y # CONFIG_SOUND_AD1816 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_SGALAXY is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_ADLIB is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_ACI_MIXER is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_CS4232 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_SSCAPE is not set CONFIG_SOUND_GUS=y # CONFIG_SOUND_GUS16 is not set CONFIG_SOUND_GUSMAX=y # CONFIG_SOUND_VMIDI is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_TRIX is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MSS is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MPU401 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_NM256 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MAD16 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_PAS is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_PSS is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_SB is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_AWE32_SYNTH is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_WAVEFRONT is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_MAUI is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_YM3812 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_OPL3SA1 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_OPL3SA2 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_YMFPCI is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_UART6850 is not set # CONFIG_SOUND_AEDSP16 is not set # # USB support # # CONFIG_USB is not set # # Input core support # # CONFIG_INPUT is not set # # Kernel hacking # CONFIG_MATHEMU=y # CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ is not set CONFIG_ALPHA_LEGACY_START_ADDRESS=y