Subject: Re: my cpu is MPC860, kernel version is 2.6.20.14, the kernel start info in the mail. why does the kernel panic?

From: Scott Wood <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:24:06 -0500

Dan Malek wrote:
> On Aug 6, 2007, at 8:52 AM, Scott Wood wrote:
> 
>> It wouldn't surprise me if the 8xx code has issues with PREEMPT; try
>> turning it off for now.
> 
> 
> What is your reason that 8xx would be any different?

It's just a suspicion based on my dealings with the CPM code, and the 
fact that the crash appeared to happen in the CPM ethernet driver.  It 
could be wrong, but it doesn't hurt to try without PREEMPT and see if 
the problem remains.

-Scott