* Martin Michlmayr <tbm@xxxxxxxxxx> [2006-02-13 23:27]: > Apparently it boots with current git and your fix. I think p2 will > confirm later. Here's the boot log from p2: >>boot 3/tftp/vmlinux-pmax console=ttyS2 -tftp boot(3), bootp 10.42.0.190:/tftpboot/vmlinux-pmax -tftp load 2986117+0+118683 Linux version 2.6.16-rc3 (tbm@deprecation) (gcc version 4.0.3 20051201 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.2-5)) #3 Mon Feb 13 22:40:31 GMT 2006 This is a DECstation 5000/2x0 CPU revision is: 00000230 FPU revision is: 00000340 Determined physical RAM map: memory: 0c000000 @ 00000000 (usable) Built 1 zonelists Kernel command line: console=ttyS2 Primary instruction cache 64kB, linesize 4 bytes. Primary data cache 64kB, linesize 4 bytes. Synthesized TLB refill handler (17 instructions). Synthesized TLB load handler fastpath (31 instructions). Synthesized TLB store handler fastpath (31 instructions). Synthesized TLB modify handler fastpath (25 instructions). PID hash table entries: 1024 (order: 10, 16384 bytes) Using 25.000 MHz high precision timer. Dentry cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes) Inode-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes) Memory: 191488k/196608k available (2350k kernel code, 5044k reserved, 417k data, 148k init, 0k highmem) Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 Checking for 'wait' instruction... unavailable. NET: Registered protocol family 16 SCSI subsystem initialized TURBOchannel rev. 1 at 25.0 MHz (without parity) slot 0: DEC PMAZ-AA V5.3d slot 1: DEC PMAGB-BA V1.0 slot 2: DEC PMAG-BA V5.3a Initializing Cryptographic API io scheduler noop registered io scheduler anticipatory registered (default) io scheduler deadline registered io scheduler cfq registered fb0: PMAG-BA frame buffer device in slot 2 fb1: PMAGB-BA frame buffer device in slot 1 fb1: Osc0: 130.808MHz, Osc1: disabled, Osc0 selected DECstation Z8530 serial driver version 0.09 ttyS00 at 0xbf900001 (irq = 14) is a Z85C30 SCC ttyS01 at 0xbf900009 (irq = 14) is a Z85C30 SCC ttyS02 at 0xbf980001 (irq = 15) is a Z85C30 SCC ttyS03 at 0xbf980009 (irq = 15) is a Z85C30 SCC rtc: Digital DECstation epoch (2000) detected Real Time Clock Driver v1.12a declance.c: v0.009 by Linux MIPS DECstation task force declance0: IOASIC onboard LANCE, addr = 08:00:2b:38:72:b4, irq = 16 declance0: registered as eth0. SCSI ID 7 Clk 25MHz CCF=5 TOut 167 NCR53C9x(esp236) SCSI ID 7 Clk 25MHz CCF=5 TOut 167 NCR53C9x(esp236) ESP: Total of 2 ESP hosts found, 2 actually in use. scsi0 : ESP236 (NCR53C9x) scsi1 : ESP236 (NCR53C9x) mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice NET: Registered protocol family 2 IP route cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes) TCP established hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes) TCP bind hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes) TCP: Hash tables configured (established 8192 bind 8192) TCP reno registered TCP bic registered NET: Registered protocol family 1 NET: Registered protocol family 17 Root-NFS: No NFS server available, giving up. VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy. VFS: Cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block(2,0) Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2,0) (He didn't specify root= so that's fine) -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/