The problem turned out to be a compiler/binutils bug. I'm using ftp://oss.sgi.com/pub/linux/mips/crossdev/i386-linux/mipsel-linux/binutils-mipsel-linux-2.9.5-3.i386.rpm and ftp://oss.sgi.com/pub/linux/mips/crossdev/i386-linux/mipsel-linux/egcs-mipsel-linux-1.1.2-4.i386.rpm , which seems to be the latest on the SGI FTP server. What are the recommended toolchain ? /Carsten Carsten Langgaard wrote: > I have checked out the latest 2.4 kernel sources and tried to run it on > my Malta board with an IDE disk, but fsck fails. > EPC points at __wake_up, which is called from __alloc_pages. > > Has anyone encountered a similar problem ? > > Checking root filesystem > /dev/hda1 was not cleanly unmounted, check forced. > Oops in fault.c:do_page_fault, line 204: > $0 : 00000000 9000fc00 00000000 00000000 0000001a 802b5d0c 83b72000 > 811e94e0 > $8 : 00001000 00000001 801374c4 00000003 00000000 83b73ed0 00068db8 > 7fff7688 > $16: 00000000 9000fc00 00000001 9000fc01 802c0078 802bc628 00000001 > 83ce23c0 > $24: 00000000 0046a040 83b72000 83b73df0 83b73df0 > 8011239c > Hi : 00000000 > Lo : 00000000 > epc : 801123ec Not tainted > Status: 9000fc02 > Cause : 80800008 > Process fsck.ext2 (pid: 50, stackpage=83b72000) > Stack: 83ce23c0 0000001f 00001000 83ce23c0 802c0a38 00000001 00000000 > 8115c320 > 802c08dc 802c0a2c 000001d0 8115c260 80131278 810140e4 000889c5 > 00000000 > 00001000 8115c260 80127928 00000002 81121b58 00000000 00000000 > 8115c320 > 00088a3d 00000000 00001000 80130e70 81121978 810140c0 00000000 > 8115c320 > 801285a0 8012847c 8025c1e0 00000001 802bf000 00000000 00000000 > 81163060 > ffffffea ... > Call Trace: [<80131278>] [<80127928>] [<80130e70>] [<801285a0>] > [<8012847c>] [<8 > 025c1e0>] > [<80128a7c>] [<80128974>] [<80118c5c>] [<8013759c>] [<80137398>] > [<8010d368>] > > Code: 12400004 00000000 8e100000 <5614ffcc> 8e05fffc 40016000 > 32730001 3421 > 0001 38210001 > [/sbin/fsck.ext2 -- /] fsck.ext2 -a /dev/hda1 > Warning... fsck.ext2 for device /dev/hda1 exited with signal 11. > [FAILED] > > /Carsten > > -- > _ _ ____ ___ Carsten Langgaard Mailto:carstenl@mips.com > |\ /|||___)(___ MIPS Denmark Direct: +45 4486 5527 > | \/ ||| ____) Lautrupvang 4B Switch: +45 4486 5555 > TECHNOLOGIES 2750 Ballerup Fax...: +45 4486 5556 > Denmark http://www.mips.com -- _ _ ____ ___ Carsten Langgaard Mailto:carstenl@mips.com |\ /|||___)(___ MIPS Denmark Direct: +45 4486 5527 | \/ ||| ____) Lautrupvang 4B Switch: +45 4486 5555 TECHNOLOGIES 2750 Ballerup Fax...: +45 4486 5556 Denmark http://www.mips.com