> > Okay, I can't seem to get any of the pre-compiled linux kernels after the
> > 2.2.14 one on oss.sgi.com to boot on my Indy.
> >
> > I get this type of error:
> > Exception: <vector=Normal>
> > Status register: 0x10044803<CU0,CH,IM7,IM4,IPL=???,MODE=KERNEL,EXL,IE>
> > Cause register: 0x8034<CE=0,IP8,EXC=TRAP>
> > Exception PC: 0x88240004, Exception RA: 0x8816d610
> > Processor Trap exception at address 0xffffffff
> > Local I/O interrupt register 1: 0x80 <VR/GIO2>
> > Saved user regs in hex (&gpda 0xa8740e48, &_regs 0xa8741048):
> > arg: a8740000 28 8847ff80 a
> > tmp: a8740000 8480 88002000 8480 881932a0 1 fffffffc 47dfa8
> > sve: a8740000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> > t8 a8740000 t9 0 at 0 v0 0 v1 0 k1 88002000
> > gp a8740000 fp 0 sp 0 ra 0
> >
> > PANIC: unexpected exception
>
> Now that looks like a kernel compiled by somebody who doesn't read
> documentation, see http://oss.sgi.com/mips/mips-howto.html. In short:
> remove the -N linker flag from arch/mips/Makefile.
I had the same problem on one of my machines. The -N linker flag was
not the solution. Note that the kernels ran on other machines. I
only got this for the 2.4, not 2.2.
Ulf
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