On Sun, 2004-05-02 at 05:47, Alan Cox wrote:
On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 04:39:23AM -0700, Stefan Lecho wrote:
> Using the proposed solution in the release notes
> (pci=off idel=0x180,0x386), leads to the following
> error message: "EIP is at pci_read 0x1a/0x21 ...
> Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init"
Duplicated.
The PCI layer in test3 is being called even when PCI methods are
not available:
pcibios_irq_init
pirq_peer_trick
.. boom
This prevents installation on things like older sony Vaio boxes. Someone
broke the handling of machines without PCI between test2 and test3.
Is this problem ever going to be fixed? I have tried the install on
older versions with the same problem and I can get the system installed,
but any pcmcia usage of the cd-rom requires turning pci off. (And it is
*real* slow.)
Just wondering if it is worth my time. (Since I will have to grab the
cd ISOs instead of the DVD one I already have.)
It would be nice to me able to use something other than Redhat 7.3 on my
Sony Vaio 505ve. (Hacked far beyond warranty.)
If I could afford another laptop, I would upgrade. I don't see that
happening this year, unless I find different employment.
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