Bug#266731: Kernel needs a patch to boot on certain machines

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 11:27:52PM +0200, Martin Loschwitz wrote:
> Package: kernel
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am writing this mail after having talked with Benjamin Herrenschmidt.
> In Linux 2.6 kernels, there is a problem with some certain PowerPC boxen
> which will panic immediately after boot. I observers this beahviour with
> a PowerPC OldWorld from Apple (601 CPU, I think it's a "Power Macintosh
> 8200" or something). The root of all evil is a patch sent in by SUSE and
> Benjamin provided me with a patch. It would make sense to apply it since
> any 2.6 kernel will refuse to boot on machines like that without it. The
> patch is attached. Thanks.

Thanks for the report. I commited the fix, and it will be part of the 2.6.8-2
powerpc kernel upload.

Friendly,

Sven Luther