Using the proposed solution in the release notes (pci=off idel=0x180,0x386), leads to the following error message: "EIP is at pci_read 0x1a/0x21 ... Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init"
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On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 04:39:23AM -0700, Stefan Lecho wrote:
Using the proposed solution in the release notes (pci=off idel=0x180,0x386), leads to the following error message: "EIP is at pci_read 0x1a/0x21 ... Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init"
Duplicated.
The PCI layer in test3 is being called even when PCI methods are not available:
pcibios_irq_init pirq_peer_trick .. boom
This prevents installation on things like older sony Vaio boxes. Someone broke the handling of machines without PCI between test2 and test3.
Alan
On Sun, 2004-05-02 at 05:47, Alan Cox wrote:
On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 04:39:23AM -0700, Stefan Lecho wrote:
Using the proposed solution in the release notes (pci=off idel=0x180,0x386), leads to the following error message: "EIP is at pci_read 0x1a/0x21 ... Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init"
Duplicated.
The PCI layer in test3 is being called even when PCI methods are not available:
pcibios_irq_init pirq_peer_trick .. boom
This prevents installation on things like older sony Vaio boxes. Someone broke the handling of machines without PCI between test2 and test3.
Is this problem ever going to be fixed? I have tried the install on older versions with the same problem and I can get the system installed, but any pcmcia usage of the cd-rom requires turning pci off. (And it is *real* slow.)
Just wondering if it is worth my time. (Since I will have to grab the cd ISOs instead of the DVD one I already have.)
It would be nice to me able to use something other than Redhat 7.3 on my Sony Vaio 505ve. (Hacked far beyond warranty.)
If I could afford another laptop, I would upgrade. I don't see that happening this year, unless I find different employment.
On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 12:45:52PM -0700, Alan wrote:
Just wondering if it is worth my time. (Since I will have to grab the cd ISOs instead of the DVD one I already have.)
The pci=off crash was fixed.
It would be nice to me able to use something other than Redhat 7.3 on my Sony Vaio 505ve. (Hacked far beyond warranty.)
RH8/9/FC1/FC2 should all work on it.
You need the pci=off just for the initial install to work around the vanishing CD-ROM drive problem. Fixing that requires someone writes IDE controller hot unplugging support for 2.6. That isn't trivial to do although 2.6 finally makes it practicable.
Alan
On Mon, 2004-05-31 at 13:17, Alan Cox wrote:
On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 12:45:52PM -0700, Alan wrote:
Just wondering if it is worth my time. (Since I will have to grab the cd ISOs instead of the DVD one I already have.)
The pci=off crash was fixed.
I did not get a crash, just ungodly slowness with any storage device on the PCMCIA slot.
It would be nice to me able to use something other than Redhat 7.3 on my Sony Vaio 505ve. (Hacked far beyond warranty.)
RH8/9/FC1/FC2 should all work on it.
You need the pci=off just for the initial install to work around the vanishing CD-ROM drive problem. Fixing that requires someone writes IDE controller hot unplugging support for 2.6. That isn't trivial to do although 2.6 finally makes it practicable.
I tested with FC1 and got the described slow behaviour. I will try it again and see what happens.
On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 05:11:32PM -0700, Alan wrote:
I did not get a crash, just ungodly slowness with any storage device on the PCMCIA slot.
That is what I would expect. PCMCIA is ISA bus without DMA support. While hdparm -u1 /dev/hdwhatever may make the box feel better it can't really improve on PCMCIA device performance.
On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 01:43, Alan Cox wrote:
On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 05:11:32PM -0700, Alan wrote:
I did not get a crash, just ungodly slowness with any storage device on the PCMCIA slot.
That is what I would expect. PCMCIA is ISA bus without DMA support. While hdparm -u1 /dev/hdwhatever may make the box feel better it can't really improve on PCMCIA device performance.
But the problem is not there on Redhat 7.3.
There is slow and then there is SSSSLLLLOOOOOWWWWW. (We are talking hours to read a single CD!)
On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 08:52:15AM -0700, Alan wrote:
But the problem is not there on Redhat 7.3.
There is slow and then there is SSSSLLLLOOOOOWWWWW. (We are talking hours to read a single CD!)
That sounds like an unknown and different problem. Time to kidnap my wife's laptop. With pcmcia you ought to be getting about 800K/second.
On Tue, 1 Jun 2004, Alan Cox wrote:
On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 08:52:15AM -0700, Alan wrote:
But the problem is not there on Redhat 7.3.
There is slow and then there is SSSSLLLLOOOOOWWWWW. (We are talking hours to read a single CD!)
That sounds like an unknown and different problem. Time to kidnap my wife's laptop. With pcmcia you ought to be getting about 800K/second.
I will be testing this tonight. I have the cd sized isos downloaded now.
Also testing if you ever sleep. (Must be the Penguin Mints...)
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