Re: kernel panic on build of 2.4.18

[shaulka@bezeqint.net]

On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 01:41:26AM +1000, bob parker wrote:
> Hi debian-users,
> I'm running Woody with the latest online updates.
> 
> I've just compiled the 2.4.18 kernel using the Debian standard method
> from 7.1.1 of the Debian Reference.
> 
> I've configured in scsi cdrom/burner support, and usb support.
> 
> The make line was:
> make-kpkg --append_to_version --initrd \
>    revision=rev.01 kernel-image
> (I dropped the recommended -486 option because I selected support for
> AMD Athlon/Duron in configuration step ).
> 
> The kernel built ok and I installed it using dpkg.
> 
> When I boot the new kernel this is the result:
> 
> ttyS01 etc .............
> usb.c: registered new driver iforce
> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at vitrtual address 00000000 
> print eip:
> c011473c
> *pde=00000000
> Ooops: 0002
> EIP: 0010:[<c011473c>] not tainted
> EFLAGS: 00010082
> eax: c037dc2c  ebx: 00000000  ecx: 00000202  edx: c140dfa4
> esi: c140df9c  edi: c140c000  ebp:0008e000  esp: c140df84
> ds: 0018  es:0018  ss:0018
> Procees swapper (pid: 1, stackpage=c140d000)
> Stack: 
> c037dc20  c140df9c  c0105c51 c02f6f20 c030bfc0 00000000 00000001 c140c000
> c037dc2c 00000000 c0105dc4 c037dc20 c0303c00 c02f6f2c c0222a8b c02f6f20
> c030bfc0 c021fbd6 c034bd70 c03182fa c02f6f20 c030c97a 00010f00 c030c9bf
> Call Trace:
> [<c0105c51>] [<c0105dc4>] [<c0222a8b>] 
> [<c021fbd6>] [<c0105267>] [<c0105708>] 
> 
> This has been copied by hand.
> 
> Apart from the experience of building a kernel I need proper support for usb
> because I have a HP usb printer and I also have a true scsi cd burner which
> is invisble to the 2.2.x kernel I installed off the CDs.
> 
> I have saved the .config I used if needed.
> 
> Any clues
> Thanks
> bob parker
> 


Not really but might worth the BW:

1. Recheck your kernel configuration. Can't help you with that since 
   I don't know anything about USB. Maybe there are some relevant 
   LDP documents? What about kernel-source-2.4.18/Documentation?
2. Try with 2.4.19.
3. Try with a pre made kernel-image debs.
4. Hopefully some pre made kernel-image deb will work. You can then
   take its /boot/config* in case you want to run your own kernel.
5. Read kernel-source-2.4.18/REPORTING-BUGS and
   kernel-source-2.4.18/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt.
6. File a bug against kernel-source-2.4.18?

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    Shaul Karl, shaulka@bezeqint.n e t