Re: [Bug 538] New: Rebooting of pentium-I during initial booting

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 22:52:35 +0200 (MEST) [e-mail] wrote:

| On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 09:55:34 -0800, [e-mail] wrote:
| >http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=538
| >
| >           Summary: Rebooting of pentium-I during initial booting phase.
| >    Kernel Version: 2.5.65 (probably most versions of 2.5.x)
| >            Status: NEW
| >          Severity: normal
| >             Owner: [e-mail]
| >         Submitter: [e-mail]
| >
| >
| >Distribution: linus kernel 2.5.65 (probably 2.5.x)
| >
| >Hardware Environment: 
| >Pentium - I (120 MHz) with FO-OF Bug
| >Motherboard Via - With DMA Problem ("nodma" option required in 2.4.x kernels)
| >16mb RAM (EDO)
| >
| >Software Environment:
| >Linus kernel 2.5.65
| >
| >Problem Description:
| >The new kernel 2.5.65 reboots while booting process (in the very initial phase) making even noting the progress very difficult.
| >The system is running fine with 2.4.21-pre5, with the option "nodma".
| 
| Most probably a configuration error, viz. choosing a CPU type
| higher than generic 586. My Socket7 ASUS T2P4 with a Pentium
| Classic (pre-MMX) 133MHz boots 2.5.66 just fine.

Yes, I agree with that suggestion, but I don't see a problem.
Did you look at his .config file?  It's here:
  http://bugme.osdl.org/attachment.cgi?id=261&action=view

I'm comparing it to the .config on my Pentium-with-f00f-bug, which does
boot 2.5.65 successfully, and I don't see CPU option differences.
I see lots that don't matter and I see PIIX vs. VIA option differences.

Oh, and I have CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV enabled, while Robins does not.
Would that matter?

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~Randy