[BusyBox] "auto: applet not found" ...

[Karim Yaghmour]

Karim Yaghmour wrote:
> This seems nastier. Apparently, the MachZ processor can either address 32-bit
> memory or multiplex a 16-bit memory a-la 386SX. It happens that some memory
> sticks are 16-bit and others are 32. Those with 32 are fine. The system I'm
> working on has a 16-bit 8MB RAM stick in it, and the kernel seems none too
> happy about it. I haven't figured out exactly what part of the kernel has a
> hard time with this 16-bit stuff ... and I haven't ruled out the silicon as
> having issues.

Interestingly I got the system to boot properly by disabling PCI support in the
kernel. Certainly the LKML is more appropriate at this point to discuss this
issue, but I thought I'd post this here in case someone wanders through the
archives trying to resolve a similar problem ...

Karim
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