Re: Upgrading from linux-image-2.6.18-686 to linux-image-2.6.24-686 breaks on AMD Geode LX CPU
2008/4/9 Paul Richards <paul.richards@gmail.com>:
> 2008/4/8 Paul Richards <paul.richards@gmail.com>:
>> 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?
>>
>
> A friend of mine pointed me towards this:
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=464962
>
> Turns out the AMD Geode LX is affected by the same problem, and there
> is already a fix in the pipeline.
>
I've just taken a fresh look at this to see if I'm now able to move
back to a normal 686 kernel, but I see that the fixed version
"2.6.26-8" is not available on Lenny. Currently Lenny still has
"2.6.26-1".
Is there any chance this will become available on Lenny eventually?
--
Paul Richards
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