From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751891AbeCWOyf (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Mar 2018 10:54:35 -0400 Received: from wtarreau.pck.nerim.net ([62.212.114.60]:41851 "EHLO 1wt.eu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751821AbeCWOye (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Mar 2018 10:54:34 -0400 Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:54:28 +0100 From: Willy Tarreau To: Maurice R Volaski Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Did kernel 3.11 never work? Message-ID: <20180323145428.GF15012@1wt.eu> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.1 (2016-04-27) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 02:37:17PM +0000, Maurice R Volaski wrote: > I am trying to use kernel 3.11 on VirtualBox or VMWare, but it hangs at boot > right after the message "Booting the kernel". Under VMWare, VMWare gives a > message that it received an instruction to halt the CPU. > > I have tried different editions of 3.11 and they all are affected the same > way. Does anyone know why this and a way to fix it? Not that many memories about this one, but why would anyone try to figure what was wrong on a kernel that's been dead for 4 years now and after which thousands of bugs have been fixed, possibly the one that affects you ? Willy