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<div>And I think current issue with "Kernel panic - not syncing: IO-APIC + timer doesn't work!" is also clear.</div>
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<div>timer_irq_works(void) never returns 1:</div>
<div>https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/d966564fcdc19e13eb6ba1fbe6b8101070339c3d/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c#L1641</div>
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<div>I think it happens because of jiffies (http://www.makelinux.net/books/lkd2/ch10lev1sec3#ch10fig01)</div>
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<div>It should have the same address as jiffies_64:</div>
<div>https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/b66484cd74706fa8681d051840fe4b18a3da40ff/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S#L41</div>
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<div>And that is true for BFD linked binary:</div>
<div> 10595: ffffffff8140b000 8 OBJECT GLOBAL DEFAULT 8 jiffies</div>
<div> 11730: ffffffff8140b000 8 OBJECT GLOBAL DEFAULT 8 jiffies_64</div>
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<div>But something is wrong with them for LLD case:</div>
<div> 6422: ffffffff8140b000 8 OBJECT GLOBAL DEFAULT 19 jiffies</div>
<div> 7416: ffffffff81400000 0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT 19 jiffies_64</div>
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<div>I think we probably incorrectly assign symbols outside SECTIONS declarations in scripts. Looking at it.<br>
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<p>George.<br>
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