I did some extensive testing using kernel-2.6.5-1.358.
The i586 compiled rpm version of this kernel causes immediate reboots after the kernel is booted with no errors or other output.
I installed the source for this kernel and used the config file for the installed kernel-2.6.5-1.358. I started sticking for (;;) at various places in init/main.c. After moving it down a few times without getting to a point where the machine rebooted instantly, I got bold and built the kernel without any deliberate hang statements.
I was very suprised to find the kernel booted and proceeded normally to the message Freeing Init Memory...., and then hung. (I have experienced the same problem with an Epia M 6000 motherboard with the 2.4 kernel, though the 10000 motherboard is OK with the same Kernel).
From this I would infer that the rpm version of the Kernel was probably built with a different compiler (I'm using gcc version 3.3.2 20031022 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.2-1)).
I put traces after the Free memory routine and have established the hang happens when run_init_process calls execve to start init. I tried substituting my own init script which consisted of the following:
#!/bin/bash
echo Hello World sleep 10000
This did not cause Hello World to be output on the console (or am I being silly).
I wrote a short c program to do the same thing with the same result (nada).
So two problems, compiler (?) issue with 2.6 kernel and execve appears not to kick off the application passed.
David Woakes -- t 0131 447 0509 m 07966 444 615 f 07970 205 091 e david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
