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netbui
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 Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 5:31 pm Post subject: Move system to a different architecture |
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Hello,
I am running a Gentoo VDR (VideDiscRecorder) currently on a old PIII @ 450 MHz. No I have bought a new AMD Sempron 3000+ to speed up the machine a little bit. I thought, I can just:
1. rebuild a new kernel for the new processor architecture
2. reboot
3. emerge -e system
4. emerge -e world
But, unfortunately, that does not work. After rebooting with the new Kernel, the system hags with this message
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request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfut-464c
request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfut-464c
request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfut-464c
request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfut-464c |
I wonder, whether somebody has a hint for me. |
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I looked online, and only one other thing came up about ubuntu and they were saying you can't mix 32/64 bit on one install or some such.
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netbui
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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I have found that article already, but it was about mixing 32 and 64 bit installations.
I've spent already several time to find a solution for this issue but no did not find a useful hint.
By the way, I do not want to use 64 bit.
But thank you nevertheless. |
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LoSeR_5150
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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I actually just upgraded from an Athlon T-bird to a Sempron3000+... all i had to do was remove old hardware, install new hardware, boot with livecd, recompile kernel, reboot, done (well almost, then on to rebuilding the toolchain, then the system, then the world). I'd look very closely at your kernel config as i've overlooked a thing or two before. Also what kernel version are you using?
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netbui
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Hi,
the system is up to date, is use
| Code: | Linux tv 2.6.20-hardened-r2 #5 SMP Fri May 18 15:57:19 CEST 2007 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
make.profile -> /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2007.0/server
more /etc/make.conf
# These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically built this stage
# Please consult /etc/make.conf.example for a more detailed example
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,-z,now -Wl,--sort-common"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
USE="hardened selinux acpi dbus directfb foomaticdb gimpprint jpeg lm_sensors mpeg mmx mmxext sse sseext ntpl nls nvram pnp p
pds samba ssl usb vdr -acl -doc -python -gnome -gtk -kde -ldap -mysql -ipv6 -perl -qt -qt3 -qt4 -wxwindows -X"
FEATURES="ccache buildpkg fixpackages nodoc noman noinfo parallel-fetch confcache"
CCACHE_SIZE="600M"
PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="log"
PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save"
LINGUAS="de en"
INPUT_DEVICES="kbd keyboard mouse"
VIDEO_CARDS="vesa nv fbdev mga"
tv / # cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 8
model name : Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping : 3
cpu MHz : 467.738
cache size : 256 KB
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The new system is coming up (I've mad a copy to a old hdd), but is of course missing a lot of modules. The only thing I have changed is the processor architecture via make menuconfig from
Processor family (Pentium-III/Celeron(Coppermine)/Pentium-III Xeon) to
Opteron/Athlon64/Hammer/K8 |
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LoSeR_5150
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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In addition to the processor architecture i'd image you'll need to select the proper IDE and/or SATA drivers. I build everything that i can in kernel (except for fuse) So I'm not sure if the modules themselves are giving you problems or not. If you are going the modulized route make sure when u made your kernel u also make modules_install. Otherwise I'd suggest trying to build everything in kernel. Let me know if this helps or you have any additional questions.
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erik258
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| Quote: | | Code: | | Linux tv 2.6.20-hardened-r2 #5 SMP Fri May 18 15:57:19 CEST 2007 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux |
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SMP ?
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netbui
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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Yes,
SMP is necessary for the vdr, even on single processor machines. I'm not sure, whether VDR is very common. It is a digital video recorder. I use this system for recording, streaming satellite tv to my computers and cut adds automatically out. Furthermore, there are also the IP-Cop firewall and openxchange running in vmware sessions on this machine. |
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erik258
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| Quote: | | SMP is necessary for the vdr, even on single processor machines. |
I wasn't aware of that.
| Quote: | | Furthermore, there are also the IP-Cop firewall and openxchange running in vmware sessions on this machine. |
Those don't need SMP, do they?
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