From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S935884AbYEURJy (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 May 2008 13:09:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751616AbYEURJq (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 May 2008 13:09:46 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:39499 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751210AbYEURJp (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 May 2008 13:09:45 -0400 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Sitsofe Wheeler Subject: Re: [BISECTED] linux-next-20080519 does not boot on x86 (ACPI) Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 18:09:32 +0100 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: cpc1-cwma5-0-0-cust137.swan.cable.ntl.com User-Agent: KNode/0.10.4 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sitsofe Wheeler wrote: > While trying to boot this kernel the kernel seems to be going well until > it comes to time to mount disks at which point it starts going very slow. > It doesn't respond to the keyboard (caps lock does not work), sysrq is > inoperable and the ATA tests timeout and over the course of minutes start > negotiating slower speeds. Using nmi_watchdog=1 or nmi_watchdog=2 does not > make any difference. next-20080516 booted correctly. > > Config is downloadable from http://sucs.org/~sits/test/config-20080519 . OK I've finally bisected this down to the following commit: commit 86a2e1a7ec8c6363e502ac8ccf5fe50dd46b39c2 Author: Alexey Starikovskiy Date: Wed May 14 19:02:57 2008 +0400 x86: complete move ACPI from mpparse.c Signed-off-by: Alexey Starikovskiy Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Reverting that commit made the problem go away. Here's the bisection log: # bad: [d8a43554b5bf7e53b20d9cbcdbb3cb3b3548efb3] Add linux-next specific files # good: [f1d3dea84b7db920eba269ae35c286947c01385f] Add linux-next specific files git-bisect start 'next-20080519' 'next-20080516' # bad: [9b9c66d50701d9e9ce20babc2ba6fee13e5bf165] Merge branch 'scratch' into auto-latest git-bisect bad 9b9c66d50701d9e9ce20babc2ba6fee13e5bf165 # good: [8d5902b9d9cdd4d91d41e6078f909994ae13b5a1] Merge branch 'linus' into ftrace git-bisect good 8d5902b9d9cdd4d91d41e6078f909994ae13b5a1 # good: [468d3c898eef22cc43b28e7da1f166a972678956] x86: boot/printfc use NULL instead 0 git-bisect good 468d3c898eef22cc43b28e7da1f166a972678956 # bad: [9cba8dc9383ab1c49c500754becdfd2b65c46f2a] Merge branch 'x86/pat' into auto-x86-next git-bisect bad 9cba8dc9383ab1c49c500754becdfd2b65c46f2a # bad: [a2b7bd1ca537b6975554f6f2762412829d814ca3] Merge branch 'x86/gart' into auto-x86-next git-bisect bad a2b7bd1ca537b6975554f6f2762412829d814ca3 # good: [1c79873486c6adf464fe4a581e89676e885d20db] x86: move es7000_plat out of mpparse.c git-bisect good 1c79873486c6adf464fe4a581e89676e885d20db # bad: [0f95f8c5ab32555450ff317817be2dbb9dca887d] Merge branch 'x86/cleanups' into auto-x86-next git-bisect bad 0f95f8c5ab32555450ff317817be2dbb9dca887d # bad: [898edd00a974951e89d749251a7581855e51c675] arch/x86/mm/pat.c: use boot_cpu_has() git-bisect bad 898edd00a974951e89d749251a7581855e51c675 # bad: [e29b4ee46a2dd0274a8022b55d286491a6184197] x86: make config_irqsrc not MPspec specific git-bisect bad e29b4ee46a2dd0274a8022b55d286491a6184197 # bad: [8fafd462213ee315db6192104e456f4c6e724aa7] x86: make mp_ioapic_routing definition local git-bisect bad 8fafd462213ee315db6192104e456f4c6e724aa7 # bad: [86a2e1a7ec8c6363e502ac8ccf5fe50dd46b39c2] x86: complete move ACPI from mpparse.c git-bisect bad 86a2e1a7ec8c6363e502ac8ccf5fe50dd46b39c2 -- Sitsofe | http://sucs.org/~sits/