On 09-Dec-99 Florian Lohoff wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 09:44:29PM -0200, Ralf Baechle wrote:
>> I've put a snapshot of current CVS kernel sources into
>> oss.sgi.com:/pub/linux/mips/src/kernel/linux-19991206.tar.gz.
>
> Short resume:
>
> Doesnt work on Decstation 5000/150 Mips R4000 ...
> Reboots immediatly after end of tftp download ...
>
> KN04 V2.1k (PC: 0x8005c044, SP: 0x838a9de0)
>
> -tftp boot(3), bootp 193.189.250.46:/boot/vmlinux-2.3.21-decR4k.ecoff
> -tftp load 1222624+0+369568
>
> KN04 V2.1k (PC: 0x8005c044, SP: 0x80047f78)
>
> -tftp boot(3), bootp 193.189.250.46:/boot/vmlinux-2.3.21-decR4k.ecoff
> -tftp load 1222624+0+369568
>
> So long ...
http://oss.sgi.com/www.linux.sgi.com/mips/mips-howto.html
" 6.2 Self compiled kernels crash when booting.
When I build my own kernel, it crashes. On an Indy the crash message looks like
the following; the same problem hits other machines as well but may look
completely different.
[...]
This problem is caused by a still unfixed bug in Binutils newer than version
2.7. As a workaround, change the following line in arch/mips/Makefile from:
LINKFLAGS = -static -N
to:
LINKFLAGS = -static"
BTW, little endian semaphores for R4xxx and TLB miss handlers for R3xxx are
broken in this snapshot. This is fixed since yesterday and 2.3.21 is happily
running on a /260 and a /133. If you want to play around with recent kernels I
suggest a fresh cvs checkout. Instructions can be found at the above URL.
Hope this helps.
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Regards,
Harald
