Re: kernel 2.2.16 and ppp on a PowerBook


Subject: Re: kernel 2.2.16 and ppp on a PowerBook
From: Paul J. Lucas (pjl@best.com)
Date: Tue Aug 29 2000 - 14:36:49 MDT


On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Paul J. Lucas wrote:

> OK, I tried upgrading to a 2.2.16 kernel for my PowerBook
> (Lombard) and it seems to work find except for ppp. When I
> start pppd, I get:
>
> kernel: Serial driver version 4.27 with no serial
> options enabled
> kernel: Machine check in kernel mode.
> kernel: Caused by (from msr): regs c52b1bc0 Machine
> check signal - probably due to mm fault
> kernel: with mmu off
> ...
> kernel: Kernel panic: machine check
>
> Any ideas?

        I finally figured out that, in addition to CONFIG_PPP being
        set, CONFIG_MAC_SERIAL and CONFIG_SERIAL need to be set in
        kernel configuration.

        - Paul



This archive was generated by hypermail 2a24 : Tue Aug 29 2000 - 14:41:55 MDT