Please check out http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/IA64wiki/SkiSimulator for lots of info on Ski. It works fine with Linux 2.6; and hugepage work too. > 1) I used 'make ARCH=ia64 menuconfig' to configure and followed the > steps to get kernel image of version 2.6 ! I also selected the generic > type as Ski-simulator and also selected the HP-ski drivers something > simscsi,etc.etc. I suggest you start with make sim_defconfig Your symptoms look like a misconigured or misbuilt vmlinux. The sim_defconfig If you're running on IA32, then you need something like: make CROSS_COMPILE=ia64-linux-gnu ARCH=ia64 boot to build kernel and bootloader. You need to get or build yourself a disk image. Instructions for building at http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/IA64wiki/skidiskimage -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au ERTOS within National ICT Australia -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
