[syslinux] linux.c32 doesn't work

[Wagner Ferenc]

Ferenc Wagner <wferi at niif.hu> writes:

> The linux.c32 module doesn't boot my kernel, while pxelinux itself
> does:
>
>   kernel vmlinuz-2.6.23
>   append initrd=initrd.img-2.6.23 root=/dev/mapper/root
>
> works, while
>
>   kernel linux.c32
>   append vmlinuz-2.6.23 initrd=initrd.img-2.6.23 root=/dev/mapper/root
>
> does not: it stays sitting after loading the initrd without any
> output.  Version 3.50-pre2 worked, current git does not work.

I'm using the following config file (the commented line starts the
kernel all right; it's a fairly stock kernel, anyway):

serial 0
console 0
default linux.c32 vmlinuz-2.6.23 console=ttyS0
#default vmlinuz-2.6.23 console=ttyS0

Booting this in QEMU gives (instead of freezing on real hardware):

gPXE 0.5.1 -- Open Source Boot Firmware -- http://etherboot.org
Features: HTTP DNS TFTP iSCSI AoE bzImage Multiboot PXE PXEXT
net0: 52:54:00:12:34:56 on PCI00:03.0 (open) TX:0 TXE:0 RX:0 RXE:0
DHCP (net0 52:54:00:12:34:56)... ok
net0: 192.168.0.2/255.255.255.0 gw 192.168.0.1
Booting from filename "bisect/pxelinux.0"
bisect/pxelinux.0... ok
qemu: fatal: Trying to execute code outside RAM or ROM at 0x000d0000

EAX=00002b7f EBX=0000c156 ECX=0000ff6f EDX=00000704
ESI=00000000 EDI=00000000 EBP=00000000 ESP=0000fff8
EIP=0000f6fa EFL=00000002 [-------] CPL=0 II=0 A20=1 HLT=0
ES =c08e 000c08e0 0000ffff 00009300
CS =c08e 000c08e0 0000ffff 00009b00
SS =0000 00000000 0000ffff 00009300
DS =f000 000f0000 0000ffff 00009300
FS =0000 00000000 0000ffff 00009300
GS =0000 00000000 0000ffff 00009300
LDT=0000 00000000 00000000 00008000
TR =0030 00005cc4 00000067 00008900
GDT=     00005d30 00000037
IDT=     00000000 0000ffff
CR0=60000010 CR2=00000000 CR3=00000000 CR4=00000000
CCS=00002b7f CCD=00002b7f CCO=ADDB    
FCW=037f FSW=0000 [ST=0] FTW=00 MXCSR=00001f80
FPR0=0000000000000000 0000 FPR1=0000000000000000 0000
FPR2=0000000000000000 0000 FPR3=0000000000000000 0000
FPR4=0000000000000000 0000 FPR5=0000000000000000 0000
FPR6=0000000000000000 0000 FPR7=0000000000000000 0000
XMM00=00000000000000000000000000000000 XMM01=00000000000000000000000000000000
XMM02=00000000000000000000000000000000 XMM03=00000000000000000000000000000000
XMM04=00000000000000000000000000000000 XMM05=00000000000000000000000000000000
XMM06=00000000000000000000000000000000 XMM07=00000000000000000000000000000000
-- 
Regards,
Feri.