Strange kernel reboot (oops?)

[Mulyadi Santosa]

Hi Ezequiel...

2011/12/26 Ezequiel García <elezegarcia at yahoo.com.ar>:
> Hi,
>
> While running an embedded linux platform (sh4) with an old linux kernel (2.6.23), I'm trying to debug a very strange behavior (at least strange to me). The box is running aparently fine, and out of nothing it is rebooting.
>
> There is no "Caught signal ..." message, no kernel oops message, just a plain cpu reboot. After the reboot, the linux kernel boots but somewhere before running the user application it panics.

I know nothing about sh4 platform, but everytime I heard troubles like
yours, RAM problem rings the bell inside my head first. So maybe you
can check that first...using something like memtest if it is x86...

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Mulyadi Santosa
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