Re: [BUG] 2.6.23-rc3 won't boot on alpha (fwd)
I originally posted to linux-kernel w.r.t. 2.6.23-rcX not booting:
> Unfortunately, I can't say where the bug was introduced, as this is
> the first kernel I've tried on my Alpha since 2.6.22-rc7. Best guess
> is somewhere between .23-rc1 and .23-rc2, based on changes to files in
> arch/alpha/boot in that patch set. The problem happens early: aboot
> starts to load vmlinux.gz, and I get an "unzip: invalid exec header"
> error. There's an earlier error from aboot I can't quote exactly, but
> the template from aboot (bootlx) is:
>
> aboot: Can't load kernel.
> Memory at %lx - %lx (chunk %i) is %s
>
> The first %lx is 0. The last %lx is all "f"s. The chunk
> number is 1, and I *think* the %s is "busy".
The posted reply was:
> try http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/14/259
As it turns out, the problem was actually introduced with 2.6.23-rc1:
2.6.22 works fine.
The l-k people say aboot needs a patch. Question to Steve L. et al: is
a patch in the works? Would you like a motivated tester? :-) The patch
supplied at the above URL doesn't apply cleanly to the current Debian
aboot-0.9b-3 source tree.
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