Re: help needed to boot 2.4.1 kernel on SRM-based system
On Wednesday 07 February 2001 11:30, you wrote:
Jay,
You are so correct. I thought of this after I sent the e-mail, but have
not resent the help query. I append my .config here.
Thanks
> On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 09:27:05AM -0500, James D. Freels wrote:
> > I have just compiled the 2.4.1 kernel for my Alpha machine and tried
> > to boot using it. Using the SRM firmware, the system failed to boot.
> > I used the normal "make dep;make clean;make boot" after a clean
> > configuration upgrade (make oldconfig and make menuconfig to double
> > check things). The kernel size seem unusual at 1295574 bytes whereas
> > my old 2.2.18 kernel has a size of 977541. The aboot output shows
> > that it finds the kernel, and uncompresses it successfully. I just
> > get a hard halt as soon as it tries to boot from it. I then get the
> > SRM prompt back.
> >
> > system type : EB164
> > system variation : PC164
>
> A .config file would go a long way towards helping figure this out...
>
> --Jay++
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>-- Jay A Estabrook Alpha Engineering - LINUX
> Project Compaq Computer Corp. - MRO1-2/K20 (508) 467-2080
> 200 Forest Street, Marlboro MA 01752 Jay.Estabrook@compaq.com
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>--
my .config on the alpha
#
# Automatically generated by make menuconfig: don't edit
#
CONFIG_ALPHA=y
# CONFIG_UID16 is not set
#
# Code maturity level options
#
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
#
# Loadable module support
#
# CONFIG_MODULES is not set
#
# 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 is not set
# 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=y
# 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_SRM=y
CONFIG_ALPHA_BROKEN_IRQ_MASK=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=y
#
# Parallel port support
#
CONFIG_PARPORT=y
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=y
# CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO is not set
# 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 is not set
#
# Memory Technology Devices (MTD)
#
# CONFIG_MTD is not set
#
# Plug and Play configuration
#
# CONFIG_PNP is not set
# CONFIG_ISAPNP is not set
#
# 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 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=4096
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
#
# Multi-device support (RAID and LVM)
#
# CONFIG_MD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set
# CONFIG_MD_LINEAR is not set
# CONFIG_MD_RAID0 is not set
# CONFIG_MD_RAID1 is not set
# CONFIG_MD_RAID5 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LVM is not set
#
# Networking options
#
CONFIG_PACKET=y
# CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP is not set
CONFIG_NETLINK=y
# CONFIG_RTNETLINK is not set
# CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV is not set
# 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_INET_ECN is not set
# CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES is not set
# 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 is not set
# 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 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
#
# SCSI support
#
CONFIG_SCSI=y
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
# CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG_QUEUES is not set
# 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_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=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_DEFAULT_TAGS=8
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_MAX_TAGS=4
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_SYNC=10
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_PROFILE is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_IOMAPPED=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=y
# 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=y
# CONFIG_DGRS is not set
# CONFIG_DM9102 is not set
# CONFIG_EEPRO100 is not set
# CONFIG_EEPRO100_PM 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_RTL8129 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 is not set
# 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
#
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK is not set
# 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 is not set
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS=y
CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y
# CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK is not set
# CONFIG_ADFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_ADFS_FS_RW 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 is not set
# CONFIG_CRAMFS is not set
# CONFIG_RAMFS is not set
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
# CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
# CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_NTFS_RW is not set
# CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
# CONFIG_DEVFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT is not set
# CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
# CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_QNX4FS_RW is not set
# CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
# CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
# CONFIG_SYSV_FS_WRITE is not set
# CONFIG_UDF_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UDF_RW is not set
CONFIG_UFS_FS=y
# CONFIG_UFS_FS_WRITE is not set
#
# Network File Systems
#
# CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set
CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
CONFIG_NFS_V3=y
# CONFIG_ROOT_NFS is not set
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 is not set
# CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_PACKET_SIGNING is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_IOCTL_LOCKING is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_STRONG is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_NFS_NS is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_OS2_NS is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_SMALLDOS is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_NLS is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_EXTRAS is not set
#
# Partition Types
#
# CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED is not set
CONFIG_OSF_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_SMB_NLS=y
CONFIG_NLS=y
#
# Native Language Support
#
CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="cp437"
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_874 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_932 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_936 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_949 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_950 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_8 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9 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_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 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ESSSOLO1 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO 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=y
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 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ICH is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_VMIDI is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_TRIX is not set
CONFIG_SOUND_MSS=y
# 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_PAS_JOYSTICK 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=y
# 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
# CONFIG_SOUND_TVMIXER 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 is not set
--
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