Re: Freeing unused kernel memnory - bug

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Sun Oct 05 2003 - 14:43:51 EST


"Breno" <brenosp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi ,
>
> I´m using 2.4.22 and when i reboot my system , the boot process stop when
> "freeing unused memory" message appear.
>
> What can be ?

It's failing when the kernel first enters user space.

This often happens after a miscompilation, e.g. when some files are
not uptodate. Do a make distclean and try again.

-Andi
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