Problems with kernel 2.4.22-2gsmp on Dual 1GHz MirrorDriveDoors

[Alexander Holst]

Hi everybody,

I recently had some time and tried to get my Dual 1GHz MirrorDriveDoor 
G4 up to YDL 3.0.1, which apparently just differs in the kernel used, 
compared to 3.0, plus mol & mol-kmods, due to the kernel - I guess.

Unfortunately, the new kernel won't boot on my machine. It gets as far 
as reading all IDE drive partitions, but, as soon as it tries to make 
use of the SCSI emulation for my CDRW, a Superdrive, it panics and 
mentiones something about "internal machine probe ..."

2.4.20-8esmp works fine on that machine though.

I did get around the aic7xx, or such, module issue, as I checked the 
default 2.4.22-2gsmp config for the kernel and it is actually compiled 
in and not compiled as a module anymore. So removing the respective 
line in /etc/modules.conf got me through to manually generate an 
initrd, reflect all the changes in /etc/yaboot.conf and reboot.

Any ideas?

p.s.: I must admit, I haven't tried the kernel for single CPUs on that 
machine as of yet.

Thanks in advance!

Regards,
Alex



Alexander Holst
Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences
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