[LinuxBIOS] pc partitoin magic number not found?

[Jon Dufresne]

I did run a memtest and after 1 pass I received 0 errors. Should I run
it longer than one pass?

Jon

On 12/13/06, Adam Talbot <talbotx at comcast.net> wrote:
> Point filo to boot off of memtest.  I would look at memory.  Just an
> idea, and its an easy test.
> -Adam
>
>
> Jon Dufresne wrote:
> > Thanks, Uwe.
> >
> > I used the 82801dbm as a starting ground. I've already had to change a
> > few things such as device IDs.
> >
> > I know something somewhere isn't right because I get a kernel panic
> > anytime I modprobe a kernel module that relates to a device in the
> > southbridge. Since I'm responding I'll post the kernel panic in case
> > someone has an idea. This example is trying to bring up the sound
> > device. If I remove all module loading during init, I can get to a
> > single user prompt.
> >
> > Anyway thanks for the tip.
> >
> > Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 019b2005
> >  printing eip:
> > *pde = 00000000
> > Oops: 0000 [#1]
> > Modules linked in: snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss
> > snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd_page_alloc snd_mpu401_uart
> > snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device snd soundcore floppy ext3 jbd
> > CPU:    0
> > EIP:    0060:[<c0129fe0>]    Not tainted VLI
> > EFLAGS: 00010202   (2.6.9-42.EL)
> > EIP is at __request_resource+0x24/0x41
> > eax: 019b2001   ebx: c1ab0460   ecx: c036849c   edx: c0004014
> > esi: f02021ff   edi: f0202000   ebp: f0202000   esp: c1a1de80
> > ds: 007b   es: 007b   ss: 0068
> > Process modprobe (pid: 1186, threadinfo=c1a1d000 task=c1a2c170)
> > Stack: c1ab0460 c036849c c1ab047c c012a27c dff4c800 00000200 000001ff 00000002
> >        dff4c800 c1a7dc24 c01f02a0 c1a7dc24 00000002 c1a7dc24 dff4c800 f885d270
> >        c01f033c c1a7dc00 dfce2400 dff4c800 f8858c73 00000001 c1a7dc00 c1a7dc00
> > Call Trace:
> >  [<c012a27c>] __request_region+0x52/0x74
> >  [<c01f02a0>] pci_request_region+0x82/0xf2
> >  [<c01f033c>] pci_request_regions+0x14/0x37
> >  [<f8858c73>] snd_intel8x0_create+0x104/0x403 [snd_intel8x0]
> >  [<f885903c>] snd_intel8x0_probe+0xca/0x21a [snd_intel8x0]
> >  [<c01f1b09>] pci_device_probe_static+0x2a/0x3d
> >  [<c01f1b37>] __pci_device_probe+0x1b/0x2c
> >  [<c01f1b63>] pci_device_probe+0x1b/0x2d
> >  [<c0252157>] bus_match+0x27/0x45
> >  [<c0252220>] driver_attach+0x37/0x66
> >  [<c02525d5>] bus_add_driver+0x77/0x97
> >  [<c02529f0>] driver_register+0x51/0x58
> >  [<c01f1d21>] pci_register_driver+0x85/0xa1
> >  [<f881400a>] alsa_card_intel8x0_init+0xa/0x39 [snd_intel8x0]
> >  [<c01410b6>] sys_init_module+0xe9/0x1d0
> >  [<c0318d93>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
> > Code: 84 36 c0 5b 89 d0 c3 57 89 c1 56 53 8b 7a 04 89 d3 8b 72 08 39
> > fe 72 2c 3b 79 04 72 27 3b 71 08 77 22 8d 51 18 8b 02 85 c0 74 05 <39>
> > 70 04 76 0c 89 43 14 31 c0 89 1a 89 4b 10 eb 08 39 78 08
> >  <0>Fatal exception: panic in 5 seconds
> > Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the tip.
> >
> > On 12/13/06, Uwe Hermann <uwe at hermann-uwe.de> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Jon,
> >>
> >> you noted that you work on the Intel 82801DB:
> >> http://linuxbios.org/index.php?title=Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices&curid=1002&diff=3747&oldid=3739&rcid=1296
> >>
> >> Please have a look at the 82801DBM code before, that's at the very least
> >> very similar, maybe it even already supports the 82801DB, too(?)
> >>
> >>
> >> Uwe.
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