From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx1.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.68 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1KLfZ3-0006de-95 for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:43:38 +0000 Message-ID: <48874394.6090602@suse.de> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:43:32 +0200 From: Stefan Assmann MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: ps3-kernel hang at kexec caused by usb References: <4886EC22.3040805@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <4886EC22.3040805@suse.de> 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@lists.infradead.org To: Cell Broadband Engine OSS Development Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org, Masakazu Mokuno , Geoff Levand Stefan Assmann wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm having troubles to kexec recent kernels on Playstation 3. > After issuing > kexec -l --initrd= > kexec -e > the screen stays black. > > I tracked this down in the suse kernel and it seems related to a patch > with the Subject: USB: fix interrupt disabling for HCDs with shared > interrupt handlers. I forgot the git commit ID from mainline, sorry. linux-2.6 bf9127c36341573dc47a9c2fc003dcf13bbbf246 > > This patch went mainline with 2.6.26 and the most likely reason why > it has not been discovered yet may be because USB is compiled > as a module in most cases. However the suse config has it compiled > into the kernel and this causes some mischief. > > It would be nice if somebody could try this on other distros as well. > I'm attaching an altered ps3_defconfig (from geoffs git) that has > USB compiled in. So all you need to do is compile a recent kernel > (2.6.26) with that config and it should hang right after kexec. Stefan -- Stefan Assmann | SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Software Engineer | Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg Mail : sassmann@suse.de | GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec