Re: Upgrading from linux-image-2.6.18-686 to linux-image-2.6.24-686 breaks on AMD Geode LX CPU
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On 04/08/08 14:12, Paul Richards wrote:
> Hi,
> I recently upgraded from etch to lenny and in the process my kernel
> was upgraded from linux-image-2.6.18-686 to linux-image-2.6.24-686.
> This new kernel crashes immediately after being uncompressed on boot,
> and I have been forced to use the "486" build of the kernel if I want
> 2.6.24.
>
> This AMD Geode LX processor has always executed 686 kernels in the
> past. Have I previously just been lucky or is this a bug in 2.6.24?
Maybe there's a new sub-arch, and 686 is more specific?
> This was the only problem I encountered during the etch to lenny
> upgrade, so congratulations to everyone involved!
>
> Below is my /proc/cpuinfo.
>
> pauldoo@sandstrom:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor : 0
> vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
> cpu family : 5
> model : 10
> model name : Geode(TM) Integrated Processor by AMD PCS
> stepping : 2
> cpu MHz : 498.066
> cache size : 128 KB
> fdiv_bug : no
> hlt_bug : no
> f00f_bug : no
> coma_bug : no
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level : 1
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu de pse tsc msr cx8 sep pge cmov clflush mmx
> mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow
> bogomips : 997.66
> clflush size : 32
>
>
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
We want... a Shrubbery!!
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