XPost: linux.debian.kernel
From:
[email protected]
Package: kernel
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Hello,
I am writing this mail after having talked with Benjamin Herrenschmidt.
In Linux 2.6 kernels, there is a problem with some certain PowerPC boxen
which will panic immediately after boot. I observers this beahviour with
a PowerPC OldWorld from Apple (601 CPU, I think it's a "Power Macintosh
8200" or something). The root of all evil is a patch sent in by SUSE and Benjamin provided me with a patch. It would make sense to apply it since
any 2.6 kernel will refuse to boot on machines like that without it. The
patch is attached. Thanks.
========================================================================
--- 1.59/arch/ppc/kernel/setup.c 2004-07-27 08:27:53 +10:00
+++ edited/arch/ppc/kernel/setup.c 2004-08-18 21:38:17 +10:00
@@ -484,6 +484,9 @@
char *name;
int offset;
+ if (of_stdout_device == NULL)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
/* The user has requested a console so this is already set up. */
if (strstr(saved_command_line, "console="))
return -EBUSY;
=========================================================================
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-rc2
Locale: LANG=en_US.ISO-8859-15, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO-8859-15
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