From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.68 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1JBw5A-0007QJ-2b for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:48:23 +0000 Message-ID: <478264CA.5090300@zytor.com> Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:43:38 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm References: <20071228124532.GB32643@linux.vnet.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <20071228124532.GB32643@linux.vnet.ibm.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: kexec-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=infradead.org+dwmw2=infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: Dhaval Giani Cc: hbabu@us.ibm.com, kexec@lists.infradead.org, lkml , vgoyal@redhat.com Dhaval Giani wrote: > Hi Vivek, > > I can't seem to get the latest -mm (2.6.24-rc6-mm1) to boot with > kexec. It just gets stuck at "Starting new kernel". > > It does boot normally when booted as the first kernel. > > Any hints debugging? (x86 architecture) > Hi Dhaval, Could you give more details of your setup? I'm trying to figure out exactly what it is in kexec that goes goofy, but there seems to be an enormous number of codepaths, all different, depending on things like which kind of kernel. The more closely I can replicate your failure, the quicker I should be able to locate the problem. -hpa _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758752AbYAGRs7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Jan 2008 12:48:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756159AbYAGRsv (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Jan 2008 12:48:51 -0500 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:33112 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755952AbYAGRsu (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Jan 2008 12:48:50 -0500 Message-ID: <478264CA.5090300@zytor.com> Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:43:38 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dhaval Giani CC: vgoyal@redhat.com, hbabu@us.ibm.com, lkml , kexec@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm References: <20071228124532.GB32643@linux.vnet.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <20071228124532.GB32643@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Dhaval Giani wrote: > Hi Vivek, > > I can't seem to get the latest -mm (2.6.24-rc6-mm1) to boot with > kexec. It just gets stuck at "Starting new kernel". > > It does boot normally when booted as the first kernel. > > Any hints debugging? (x86 architecture) > Hi Dhaval, Could you give more details of your setup? I'm trying to figure out exactly what it is in kexec that goes goofy, but there seems to be an enormous number of codepaths, all different, depending on things like which kind of kernel. The more closely I can replicate your failure, the quicker I should be able to locate the problem. -hpa