Problems with linuxppc_2_2 on an MVME-2400

[Matt Porter]

On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 01:02:34PM +0200, Michael Lundkvist wrote:
>
> I rsync:ed against FSMLabs repository yesterday and got linuxppc_2_2
> to play with on my MVME-2400.
>
> I've got a MVME-2400 VME-board with a Ramix PMC-disk (based an a
> CMD-646 controller with an IBM disk).
>
> I can get it to boot but as soon as I start any moderate disk activity
> I get a panic in find_buffer().

<snip>

> I have a pre-compiled Debian kernel that works, but I can't seem to
> find the source for exactly that version.
>
> This is what the working version claims to be:
> Linux version 2.2.16pre4 (drow at crack.them.org) (gcc version 2.95.2 20000313 (Debian GNU/Linux)) #1 Tue Jun 6 17:34:50 CDT 2000
>
> Does anyone have any hints on how to solve this?

The source used for that build can be retrieved from the Debian powerpc
patch package at
ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-powerpc/devel/kernel-patch-2.2.15-powerpc_20000422-2.2.16pre4-1.deb

Note that it comes from a 22/04/2000 FSMLabs 2.2 tree.  Use BK to "checkout
for edit" files no later than 22/04/2000 in your rsynced version and you
might find that things work.  Source control _is_ useful. :)

Oh, and one more possibility is that the unified IDE patch helped matters
since I believe Dan J. ended up applying that to the Debian image builds.
The exact patch used was ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-powerpc/devel/kernel-patch-2.2.15-ide_20000405-1.deb

Regards,
--
Matt Porter
mmporter at home.com
After working on x86 one must scrub thoroughly using a wire brush.

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