Re: Recent Kernel Page Fault Problems Spawning Init?

[Brian Murphy <brian@murphy.dk>]

TWEDE,ROGER (HP-Boise,ex1) wrote:

> I would be appreciative of any advice anyone can offer in this regard.
>
> Were any fundamental kernel changes made in the 2.4.17 through 2.4.19
> timeframe which could explain why the spawning of init would hang?
>
> After mounting a root filesystem and attempting to spawn init, 3 or 4 page
> faults occur.  The entry point of init, its bss section and an elf loader
> .text section get hit, etc.  followed by an endless series of page faults to
> a bad address which just faults repeatedly, never allowing init or the elf
> loader to proceed.
>
> I've tried a RM 7000A and 20KC based boards so far with apparently identical
> behavior on both.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roger Twede
> Hewlett Packard
>
>
>  
I have a very similar problem but with the 2.5 kernel. I haven't gotten 
any further than
you in finding the cause. I don't have these problems with 2.4.19 though.

/Brian