Re: kernel panic on build of 2.4.18

[Russell <rjshaw@iprimus.com.au>]

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.

I see you have an "oops" message. It is informative to look
up in google: kernel "oops messages"

Also, read /usr/src/linux/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt for how
to report these messages.