From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Richard Subject: Re: 2.6.25 pci=noacpi Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 08:09:57 +0100 Message-ID: <48196CC5.6070704@gmail.com> References: <20080425183807.366134771@ldl.fc.hp.com> <20080429000411.ce73230f.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <4816FFF6.5060700@gmail.com> <200805010110.40709.lenb@kernel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-JP Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.169]:35866 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751622AbYEAHKG (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 May 2008 03:10:06 -0400 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id z38so1642718ugc.16 for ; Thu, 01 May 2008 00:10:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200805010110.40709.lenb@kernel.org> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Len Brown Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, Adam M Belay , Li Shaohua , Matthieu Castet , Thomas Renninger , Jaroslav Kysela Len Brown wrote: > On Tuesday 29 April 2008, Richard wrote: > >> Hi there, >> >> Now I am at a loss.. I cant get any logs from netconsole. With ACPI >> enabled it drops dead just after the kernel hands control to Init. When >> I reboot with acpi disabled there is no trace of the previous boot in >> /var/log/message or kernel logs. >> >> The network card I have is a Tigon3 and its not initialised before the >> system dies... or so it looks (altho I cant seem to get any netconsole >> working - I suspect pebkac) >> >> I have tried to find an option where the kernel boot is logged >> explicitly to disk, but I cant seem to find the option. There is so much >> chaff I cant seem to get my brain to find the REAL options list thats up >> to date. >> >> Any pointers are appreciated >> > > go fishing with this bait: > > idle=poll > acpi=noirq > > -Len > > Thanks :-) With help from Thomas (and his team) , noapictimer seems to have fixed the symptom.. now its to hunt for the cure :-) Richard