From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: 2.6.26-rc: SPARC: Sun Ultra 10 can not boot Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:18:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20080808.041814.41687650.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20080808.033811.129671951.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: kernel-testers-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-ID: Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" To: a.beregalov-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org Cc: mikpe-1zs4UD6AkMk@public.gmane.org, kernel-testers-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, sparclinux-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org From: "Alexander Beregalov" Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 14:56:35 +0400 > 2008/8/8 David Miller : > >> Yes, I applied it manually on top of 2.6.27-rc2-0166 > > > > And then the problem goes away right? > > > No, It hangs in the same way, right after > console handover: boot [earlyprom0] -> real [tty0] Please edit arch/sparc64/kernel/setup.c, where it says: static struct console prom_early_console = { .name = "earlyprom", .write = prom_console_write, .flags = CON_PRINTBUFFER | CON_BOOT | CON_ANYTIME, .index = -1, }; and remove "CON_BOOT |". This will allow you to see the crash message. Please also double check that you patched the kernel with my fix correctly. I used your exact config, on the exact same kind of system, reproducing the exact same hang, and it goes away with my fix.