[WBEL-devel] WBEL4 RC1 on VIA C3 CPU

[Johnny Hughes]

On Wed, April 27, 2005 9:40 am, Sean Atkinson said:
> Hi,
>
> I thought I'd report an issue with the WBEL4 RC1 kernel on a VIA C3
> "Ezra" CPU.  On booting disc one to install, the machine reboots
> immediately after loading files from the boot loader.  The installer's
> vmlinuz appears identical with the file from
> kernel-2.6.9-5.EL.WB1.i686.rpm.
>
> The file /boot/config-2.6.9-5.EL.WB1 from this package includes:
>
> CONFIG_M686=y
> ...
> CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=7
>
> I also tried vmlinuz from Debian's kerne-image-2.6.11-1-686 since it's
> config file lists a cache shift of 5 which I hoped matched the Ezra.
> However that behaves similarly.
>
> The only kernels that successfully boot such as TTYLinux 4.5 and WBEL3's
> 2.4.21-15.EL BOOT include "CONFIG_M386=y" in their configs.
>
> Will the final WBEL4 release support general 386 class processors, or
> require "proper" 686 models instead?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sean.

Sean,

The RHEL4 kernel doesn't support i586 ... I don't think that John modified
the WBEL4-RC1 boot kernel to support i586 either. (I could be wrong).

If WBEL4 is not going to support i586, you might try CentOS-4, as the boot
kernel for anaconda is i586 and there is i586 support.

Before anyone complains about CentOS trying to steal WBEL users ... I am
not.  If WBEL-4 supports i586 and your are a WBEL user, please use WBEL-4
:).  If not, I just wanted to point out that CentOS-4 might allow you to
install on that platform.

-- 
Johnny Hughes
<http://www.HughesJR.com/>