2.6.14-mm1 doesnt bootup on PPC64
Benjamin Herrenschmidt
benh at kernel.crashing.org
Thu Nov 10 08:08:06 EST 2005
On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 14:15 -0600, linas wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 11:58:54AM +0530, Srivatsa Vaddagiri was heard to remark:
> > On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 12:16:33AM +1030, Alan Modra wrote:
> > > Compiler version? http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24644
> > > might be relevant.
> >
> > I tried with both gcc 3.4.3 (RHEL 4) and gcc 3.3.3 (SLES 9). Both result
> > in a non-booting kernel. This is with ppc64's 'defconfig' btw.
>
> Not the only problem.
>
> -- If pci hotplug for ppc64 is enabled, the kernel won't compile,
> misc symbols missing related to of_pci_whatever()
>
> (I don't have the messages in front of me; I notified John Rose)
>
> -- w/ hotplug disabled, the kernel boots, but spews a bunch of these:
Does pci_device_add() in probe.c still start with device_initialize() ?
If not, then that is the problem. We need to mvoe that to the ppc code I
suppose.
Ben.
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