From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267602AbUI1G7h (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Sep 2004 02:59:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267607AbUI1G7h (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Sep 2004 02:59:37 -0400 Received: from scanner1.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.137]:17361 "EHLO mx1.elte.hu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267602AbUI1G7g (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Sep 2004 02:59:36 -0400 Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:01:04 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Gene Heskett Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Matt Heler Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4 Message-ID: <20040928070104.GA14836@elte.hu> References: <20040926181021.2e1b3fe4.akpm@osdl.org> <200409270940.39851.lkml@lpbproductions.com> <20040927201709.GA19257@elte.hu> <200409272142.35182.gene.heskett@verizon.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200409272142.35182.gene.heskett@verizon.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-ELTE-SpamVersion: MailScanner 4.31.6-itk1 (ELTE 1.2) SpamAssassin 2.63 ClamAV 0.73 X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-4.9, required 5.9, autolearn=not spam, BAYES_00 -4.90 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamScore: -4 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 27 September 2004 16:17, Ingo Molnar wrote: > >* Matt Heler wrote: > >> Yup, turning opff pre-emptable bkl makes it boot up and work just > >> fine. > > > >do you know which particular subsystem broke (by comparing the > > failed and the successful bootlogs)? > > How do we save the broken bootlog when the machines only response is > to the reset key? what i use is serial logging to another machine. A digital camera is fine too, if the problem area is still visible on the screen. (Netconsole is useful too for other type of hangs but it's not active at such an early stage yet.) Ingo