[Gentoo] New kernel crashes all the time...

Pikachu · 11-30-2003, 11:50 AM

In order to make be able to access my RAID disc, I'm moving from gentoo-sources to ac-sources.

I installed gentoo-sources using genkernel and I was able too boot Linux.
Now I tried to configure ac-sources manually. It compiles and there're no errors, except that I get a kernel panic at boot:

Code:

hdb: LITEON DVD-ROM LTD163D, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdc: QUANTUM FIREBALL EL5.1A, ATA DISK drive
hde: Maxtor 6E040L0, ATA DISK drive
hdf: Maxtor 52049H4, ATA DISK drive
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000
 printing eip:
c0246749
*pde = 00000000
Oops: 0000
CPU:    0
EIP:    0010:[<c0246749>]    Not tainted
EFLAGS: 00010282
eax: 0000000c   ebx: 00000051   ecx: 0000000c   edx: 00000000
esi: 30070000   edi: 00000040   ebp: dffec400   esp: c158df08
ds: 0018   es: 0018   ss: 0018
Process swapper (pid: 1, stackpage=c158d000)
Stack: c0246ab1 0000000c 00000000 00000000 0c000008 00000000 00000005 dffec400
       c0450af8 0000000c 00000001 c0246bb5 c0450af8 0000000c c0450af8 00000001
       c0450a48 c0260602 c0450af8 0000000c 00000002 c0450a48 c0105000 0008e000
Call Trace:    [<c0246ab1>] [<c0246bb5>] [<c0260602>] [<c1050000>] [<c0261268>]
  [<c010508b>] [<c0105000>] [<c010588e>] [<c0105060>]

Code: 0f b6 02 84 c0 74 0e 38 c8 74 0a 83 c2 08 0f b6 02 84 c0 75
 <0>Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!

A friend told me the error could be avoided by selecting multi processor support, which I did. However, still the same problem.

The kernel on the LiveCD only boots when I use the "smp" option.

This is my last configuration: .config from menuconfig.

After compiling, nvidia.o is complaining about unresolved smp functions. So I suppose I need to add SMP to it, like my friend told me to do. However, same crash as above, but with other numbers.

Can someone tell me what error I made?

System Configuration: here

Thanks

Pikachu · 12-01-2003, 08:05 AM

Ouch... no one who had a similar experience ?

Could it be possible that kernel v2.4.22-ac1 doesn't support the VIA VT8377 Host Bridge ? I couldn't find an item for supporting the 83XX chips.
The VIA 82XX support is available.

My /proc/pci:

Code:

PCI devices found:
  Bus  0, device   0, function  0:
    Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400 AGP] Host Bridge (rev 0).
      Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf8000000 [0xfbffffff].
  Bus  0, device   1, function  0:
    PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge (rev 0).
      Master Capable.  No bursts.  Min Gnt=8.
  Bus  0, device  10, function  0:
    RAID bus controller: Triones Technologies, Inc. HPT372A (rev 2).
      IRQ 11.
      Master Capable.  Latency=120.  Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=8.
      I/O at 0xd800 [0xd807].
      I/O at 0xd400 [0xd403].
      I/O at 0xd000 [0xd007].
      I/O at 0xb800 [0xb803].
      I/O at 0xb400 [0xb4ff].
  Bus  0, device  13, function  0:
    Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. Ethernet 100/10 MBit (rev 49).
      IRQ 11.
      Master Capable.  Latency=32.  Min Gnt=20.Max Lat=40.
      I/O at 0xb000 [0xb0ff].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xed800000 [0xed8000ff].
  Bus  0, device  14, function  0:
    Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 7).
      Master Capable.  Latency=32.  Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=20.
      I/O at 0xa800 [0xa81f].
  Bus  0, device  14, function  1:
    Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 7).
      Master Capable.  Latency=32. 
      I/O at 0xa400 [0xa407].
  Bus  0, device  16, function  0:
    USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 128).
      IRQ 3.
      Master Capable.  Latency=32. 
      I/O at 0xa000 [0xa01f].
  Bus  0, device  16, function  1:
    USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (#2) (rev 128).
      IRQ 3.
      Master Capable.  Latency=32. 
      I/O at 0x9800 [0x981f].
  Bus  0, device  16, function  2:
    USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (#3) (rev 128).
      IRQ 3.
      Master Capable.  Latency=32. 
      I/O at 0x9400 [0x941f].
  Bus  0, device  16, function  3:
    USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 130).
      IRQ 3.
      Master Capable.  Latency=32. 
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xed000000 [0xed0000ff].
  Bus  0, device  17, function  0:
    ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge (rev 0).
  Bus  0, device  17, function  1:
    IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/B/686A/B PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 6).
      Master Capable.  Latency=32. 
      I/O at 0x9000 [0x900f].
  Bus  0, device  17, function  5:
    Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 80).
      IRQ 9.
      I/O at 0xe000 [0xe0ff].
  Bus  0, device  18, function  0:
    Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 116).
      IRQ 9.
      Master Capable.  Latency=32.  Min Gnt=3.Max Lat=8.
      I/O at 0x8800 [0x88ff].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xec800000 [0xec8000ff].
  Bus  1, device   0, function  0:
    VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV25 [GeForce4 Ti4400] (rev 163).
      IRQ 11.
      Master Capable.  Latency=64.  Min Gnt=5.Max Lat=1.
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xee000000 [0xeeffffff].
      Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0000000 [0xf7ffffff].
      Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xef800000 [0xef87ffff].