Re: [crash, bisected] Re: [PATCH 3/4] x86_64: Fold pda into per cpu area

Eric W. Biederman wrote:
Mike Travis <travis@xxxxxxx> writes:

will only boot and run with gcc-4.2.0, and does the "failure at grub" screen
with
gcc-4.2.4 ...!

Do these tests have an early serial console enabled? I want to confirm
that the failure is very early in boot before or just as we reach C code.

If you don't have an early console we could be failing late in the process just
not have visibility.

Any other suggestions?

If you have a serial console to add a little bit of instrumentation super duper early.
Although looking at the generated objects might be just as interesting.

Eric

Hi,

Sorry for the delay, been off the past 4 days.

I'll see how closely I can narrow down where the fault is. I have been inserting
very early printk's to track how far into the startup it gets before bailing.

Thanks,
Mike
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