Re: [parisc-linux] 2.6.5-rc2-pa2 boot panic on c110 :(

[Joel Soete <soete.joel@tiscali.be>]

Hello Andy,

Sorry for delay but I was a bit busy by a production server.

Andy Walker wrote:
>>>That said, thanks to viewcvs, cvs and some tbz I recover from my systems,
>>
>>I >reach to rebuild on my b2k at the office:
>>
>>>2.6.3-pa2 (runing simultaneoulsy 2 find on different linux tree, a
>>>tar of one of those tree) survive :)
>>>2.6.4-rc1-pa3 same test: survive (so no pb with ccio-dma changes) :)
>>>but 2.6.4-rc4-pa6 died with same messages.
>>
>>Sorry a typo: read 2.6.4-rc3-pa6 in place of rc4 :(
>>
>>Joel
>>
>>
> 
> 
> Joel,
> 
> 2.6.6-rc1-pa0 shows the same behaviour,

Thanks.
but not a surprise regarding previous test.

> although it does seem to make it
> through the Gentoo boot process most times.

I would not be surprise if it occures during some fsck. Do you also use ext3 on your Gentoo?
btw Gentoo always install pkg by a local rebuild from src (that's a long time that I visit the site)?

> Typically, 'ls <TAB><TAB>' in
> bash in a largeish directory will do the trick. The bash process ends up
> in disk-wait, the WARN_ON gets logged. I can switch consoles and log in
> but just about anything that goes to disk ends up in disk-wait too.
> 
I will try this also.

> I've compiled 2.6.3-pa2 in the hope of getting the C180 up and stable.

This seems to be the last one enough stable for me and my c110: I just updated my distro (that used a lot tar iirc) and all works 
fine with this kernel.

> Can't boot it until this evening because the machine's at home and
> AUTOBOOT is OFF.
> 
No pb.

Thanks for your feedback ;)

Joel