Bug#146883: Kernel compiled for an Alpha SMP is not bootable.
merge 146883 134197
thanks
Frederic Roussel writes:
> Package: gcc-2.95
> Version: 1:2.95.4-9
> Severity: normal
>
> -- System Information
> Debian Release: 3.0
> Kernel Version: Linux big2 2.4.19-pre8-30 #1 SMP Mon May 13 18:01:01 PDT
> 2002 alpha unknown
>
> Versions of the packages gcc-2.95 depends on:
> ii binutils 2.12.90.0.1-5 The GNU assembler, linker and binary
> utiliti
> ii cpp-2.95 2.95.4-9 The GNU C preprocessor.
> ii gcc 2.95.4-14 The GNU C compiler.
> ii libc6.1 2.2.5-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and
> Timezone
>
> If I compile a kernel 2.4.x (I tried with x >= 17) on a Compaq DS20, the
> newly compiled kernel oopses in the fontion:
> smp_tune_scheduling defined in file arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c
>
> The `switch' statement in that function is where the Oops happens, at
> least I believe so: as an experiment I've hard-coded the `on_chip_cache'
> variable and commented out the whole switch, the kernel booted up fine.
>
> I compiled with gcc-3.0.4 and the problem disappeared.
>
> Thanks so much for being a Debian devloper!
>
> Regards,
>
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