On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 04:54:05PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> - SGI Indy (IP22): the installer doesn't start. I get:
> tip22: IP22 Linux tftpboot loader 0.3.8.8
> Loading program segment 1 at 0x0, size = 0xZeroing memory at 0x88004000, size = 0x0
> Starting kernel; entry point = 0x8840a000
> and nothing else, which is odd because 2.6.22-6 itself works fine on
> my Indy. Thiemo or Flo, can you investigate? The size = 0x0
> definitely looks wrong...
This is a misacalculation bug in arcboot and thus most likely also in tip22.
As the kernel itself also cleans its BSS IIRC this shouldnt be a
problem as long as size is 0 :) The address was completely bogus for me
too so clearing memory somewhere in dark might also result in crashes.
Guido aka agx knew about this bug ...
From my testing in the last days this bug did not cause any problems for
me ...
Flo
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