Re: Patch "i386: Relocatable kernel support" causes instant reboot

[Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>]

Hi Vivek,

On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:43:26 +0530, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 02:13:54PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> > On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 06:38:14 +0530, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> > > Looks like it might be a tool chain issue. I took Jean's config file and
> > > built my own kernel and I am able to boot the kernel. But I can't boot
> > > his bzImage. I observed the same behaviour as jean is experiencing. It jumps
> > > back to BIOS.
> > 
> > I can only confirm that. I installed a more recent system on the same
> > hardware, rebuilt a kernel from the same config file, and now it boots
> > OK. So it's not related to the hardware. It has to be a compilation-time
> > issue.
> 
> Looks like you have already trashed your setup. If not, is it possible to

No, of course I didn't. I installed the new system on a different hard
disk drive.

> upload the output of "objdump -D arch/i386/boot/setup.o"? This will give
> some info regarding what assembler is doing.

Here you go:
http://jdelvare.pck.nerim.net/linux/relocatable-bug/setup.asm

-- 
Jean Delvare
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