From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755896Ab2FFKqi (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jun 2012 06:46:38 -0400 Received: from relay3.sgi.com ([192.48.152.1]:39252 "EHLO relay.sgi.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755861Ab2FFKqh (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jun 2012 06:46:37 -0400 Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 05:46:34 -0500 From: Robin Holt To: Ingo Molnar Cc: Robin Holt , Yinghai Lu , WANG Cong , Ingo Molnar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: Commit 722bc6b167 breaks booting on an 8TB system. Message-ID: <20120606104634.GQ4948@sgi.com> References: <20120601155447.GG3671@sgi.com> <20120604100700.GA4948@sgi.com> <20120606094211.GL4948@sgi.com> <20120606094804.GM4948@sgi.com> <20120606095102.GH9495@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120606095102.GH9495@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 11:51:02AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Robin Holt wrote: > > > > With just that patch, no improvement. > > > > > > Sorry about the delay. I got bumped from the machine yesterday. > > > The next reservable time is tomorrow night, otherwise, the machine is > > > booked solid for the next 36 hours. > > > > Wait. I was wrong. I booted the wrong kernel. With that > > patch applied, the machine does boot. > > Great. > > Could you guys please write a usable changelog for > only_need_recalculate_for_low.patch and send it to me with lkml > Cc:-ed, so that I can send the fix to Linus ASAP? I also tested this on a separate 2TB system which had been experiencing boot problems as well as a the original failing system configured as a 16TB system. It worked on all systems tested so far. Robin