Latest working kernel version: 2.6.25.7 Earliest failing kernel version: 2.6.26 Distribution: openSUSE-11.0 Hardware Environment: AMD 64 Athlon X2, MCP61 Software Environment: Problem Description: Booting with error message: ----- Error message BEGIN ----- <5>Could not find PAR responsible for SC520CDP Flash Bank #0 <5>Trying default address 0x8400000 <5>Could not find PAR responsible for SC520CDP Flash Bank #1 <5>Trying default address 0x8c00000 <5>Could not find PAR responsible for SC520CDP DIL Flash <5>Trying default address 0x9400000 <5>SC520 CDP flash device: 0x800000 at 0x8400000 <4>Failed to ioremap_nocache <5>NetSc520 flash device: 0x100000 at 0x200000 <4>------------[ cut here ]------------ <4>WARNING: at arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c:159 __ioremap_caller+0xd6/0x26e() <4>Modules linked in: <4>Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.26-default #22 <4> [warn_on_slowpath+64/121] warn_on_slowpath+0x40/0x79 <4> [vgacon_scroll+532/556] vgacon_scroll+0x214/0x22c <4> [scrup+77/176] scrup+0x4d/0xb0 <4> [atomic_notifier_call_chain+12/15] atomic_notifier_call_chain+0xc/0xf <4> [vt_console_print+618/632] vt_console_print+0x26a/0x278 <4> [write_msg+0/160] write_msg+0x0/0xa0 <4> [__call_console_drivers+79/91] __call_console_drivers+0x4f/0x5b <4> [up+9/42] up+0x9/0x2a <4> [release_console_sem+370/395] release_console_sem+0x172/0x18b <4> [__ioremap_caller+214/622] __ioremap_caller+0xd6/0x26e <4> [init_netsc520+0/218] init_netsc520+0x0/0xda <4> [ioremap_nocache+10/13] ioremap_nocache+0xa/0xd <4> [init_netsc520+53/218] init_netsc520+0x35/0xda <4> [init_netsc520+53/218] init_netsc520+0x35/0xda <4> [kernel_init+274/599] kernel_init+0x112/0x257 <4> [sys_wait4+129/148] sys_wait4+0x81/0x94 <4> [__switch_to+160/288] __switch_to+0xa0/0x120 <4> [schedule_tail+23/68] schedule_tail+0x17/0x44 <4> [ret_from_fork+6/32] ret_from_fork+0x6/0x20 <4> [kernel_init+0/599] kernel_init+0x0/0x257 <4> [kernel_init+0/599] kernel_init+0x0/0x257 <4> [kernel_thread_helper+7/16] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 <4> ======================= <4>---[ end trace c8d7ae49b85d714a ]--- <7>CFI: Found no netsc520 Flash Bank device at location zero <5>Creating 4 MTD partitions on "netsc520 Flash Bank": <5>0x00000000-0x000c0000 : "NetSc520 boot kernel" <5>ftl_cs: FTL header not found. <5>0x000c0000-0x00100000 : "NetSc520 Low BIOS" <5>ftl_cs: FTL header not found. <5>0x00100000-0x00f80000 : "NetSc520 file system" <4>mtd: partition "NetSc520 file system" is out of reach -- disabled <5>ftl_cs: FTL header not found. <5>0x00f80000-0x01000000 : "NetSc520 High BIOS" <4>mtd: partition "NetSc520 High BIOS" is out of reach -- disabled <5>ftl_cs: FTL header not found. <4>Generic platform RAM MTD, (c) 2004 Simtec Electronics <6>No recognised DiskOnChip devices found ----- Error message END -----
This is a specific driver for an embedded bosrd without autodetect possibilities, so you shouldn't be loading it on random unrelated hardware.