> on my dual cpu cparc20, 112 MB memory (64+16+16+16 in slots 0,1,2,3),
> 2.4.0-test6-pre7 (also tried pre5, same mm/ code, same result) dies at
> boot time right before fb initialisation:
This is almost certainly the HIGHMEM code I added recently. Can you do some
testing for me? Enable PROM_DEBUG_CONSOLE in arch/sparc/kernel/setup.c and
log the output. What cpus are in this machine?
> With mem=192m as a kernel parameter, it works as expected (96 MB memory
> recognised and used). With mem=256, it's the same as without mem=
> parameter.
This is expected since you arent using any highmem pages with mem=192m.
Anton
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