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Kumba wrote: |
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> Mathias W. wrote: |
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>>>> oldconfig) and it doesn't boot. I get the same message as in this |
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>>>> thread: http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-mips/msg_00503.xml |
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>>>> NESTED EXCEPTION #1 (vid 0) at EPC: ffffffff9fc6a0a4; first exception |
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>>>> at PC: 0 |
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> Second, whenever you use an older config on a newer kernel, _always_ |
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> check the config to make sure it didn't flip something off. Things |
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> changed dramatically from .17 to .20, and relying on oldconfig alone |
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> isn't recommended. I usually run through menuconfig and just check the |
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> categories myself. |
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Now I carefully looked through menuconfig and did some additional customization but didn't find anything obvious wrong. |
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Still the new kernel does not boot. |
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I'm willing to try a config from you guys if you have one for the octane/octane2 |
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> That all said, nested exceptions sometimes point at ARCS bugs. You may |
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> have an out-of-date PROM. Unfortunately, we're not sure which PROMs are |
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> out-of-date, and which ones aren't. |
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I have "PROM Monitor SGI Version 6.5 Rev 4.8 IP30 Sep 6,2001 - 64 Bit" |
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Mathias Weigt |
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