On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 06:12:27PM +0000, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:12:27 +0000 > From: Martin Michlmayr <tbm@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, jblache@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: IP22 doesn't shutdown properly > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > * Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2006-02-19 16:52]: > > > beginning, the light on the Indy is green but after about 20 seconds > > > it turns red. Nothing happens on the console and the machine doesn't > > > turn off. Seen on Indy and Indigo2. > > > Anyone got a fix? > > No. Do you know when this problems started? > > A long time ago, it seems. I can trace it back to 2.6.9; > unfortunately I don't get any older kernel to run/compile, possibily > because my toolchain isn't old enough (I even installed the SDE that's > based on 3.3). > > Here's what I got: > > 2.6.15 - broken > 2.6.14 - broken > 2.6.13 - broken > 2.6.10 - broken > 2.6.9 - broken > 2.6.8 - hangs after download (SDE) > 2.6.6 - hangs after download (SDE) > 2.6.5 - hangs after download (SDE) > 2.6.4 - hangs after download (SDE) > 2.6.3 - fails to load with: Text start 0x8000000, size 0x25e998 doesn't > fit in a FreeMemory area. Somehow this all sounds suspicious. I ran at least a few of those kernels on my own Indy. > 2.6.1 - doesn't compile Okay, I had to try this one. Clear case of bitrot. Don't use fancy new compilers with that kernel, it doesn't like them. Ralf
