Re: PROBLEM: [2.4.6] kernel BUG at softirq.c:206!

Manfred H. Winter (mahowi@gmx.net)
Thu, 5 Jul 2001 16:15:21 +0200


Hi Alan!

On Thu, 05 Jul 2001, Alan Cox wrote:

> > This bug hits me since 2.4.6-pre5 but nobody answered to my emails... The
> > code line is identical (and the softirq.c:206 ofc).
> >
> > Anyone, any idea?
>
> None at all. There are odd items in your config - like khttpd which if
> involved might explain why there are not more reports.
>

But khttpd is compiled as a module which isn't loaded at the moment, the
crash appears. The crash is just after "Calibrating delay loop... 333.41
BogoMIPS". At this moment, there should be no modules loaded.

As others report the same error, it seems to be a conflict with Cyrix
processors.

Bye,

Manfred

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