Re: Anybody got 2.4.0 running on a 386 ?

Brian Gerst (bgerst@didntduck.org)
Tue, 09 Jan 2001 16:15:34 -0500

Robert Kaiser wrote:
>
> Hi list,
>
> I can't seem to get the new 2.4.0 kernel running on a 386 CPU.
> The kernel was built for a 386 Processor, Math emulation has been enabled.
> I tried three different 386 boards. Execution seems to get as far as
> pagetable_init() in arch/i386/mm/init.c, then it falls back into the BIOS as
> if someone had pressed the reset button. The same kernel boots fine on
> 486 and Pentium Systems.
>
> Any ideas/suggestions ?

is "Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor
mode... " the last thing you see before the reset?

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				Brian Gerst
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