On 24.01.2011 10:47, Lionel Debroux wrote: > > > --- En date de : Lun 24.1.11, Ozan Çağlayan a écrit : > >> De: Ozan Çağlayan >> Objet: Re: Common boot/shutdown issues with the latest 2.6.37 (Mostly Asus laptops) >> À: "Lionel Debroux" >> Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, rjw@sisk.pl, colin.king@canonical.com >> Date: Lundi 24 janvier 2011, 10h21 >> Pazartesi 24 Ocak 2011 günü (saat >> 11:04:35) Lionel Debroux şunları yazmıştı: >>> >>> --- En date de : Dim 23.1.11, Ozan Çağlayan >>> a écrit : >>> >>>> De: Ozan Çağlayan >>>> Objet: Re: Common boot/shutdown issues with the >> latest 2.6.37 (Mostly Asus laptops) >>>> À: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, >> linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, >> platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, >> rjw@sisk.pl, colin.king@canonical.com >>>> Date: Dimanche 23 janvier 2011, 21h24 >>>> On 23.01.2011 16:28, Ozan Çağlayan >>>> wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I'm getting a lot of bug reports about hanging >>>>> boot/shutdowns on these days. >>>>> >>>>> Most of the affected hardware are ASUS laptops. The >>>>> problem is that I don't have access to any of those >>>>> problematic laptops and the users are >>>>> not able at all to debug/bisect what is going on. >>>>> However, I have collected dmesgs of good/bad boots, >>>>> acpidump, etc. >>>>> >>>>> Here are the current status: >>>>> >>>>> "Asus F50SV does not boot unless lapic is passed" >>>>> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26502 >>>>> >>>>> "Regression between 2.6.35-020635-rc1 and 2.6.35-020635 breaks >>>>> acpi support on Asus X71 laptop" >>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-meta/+bug/689796 >>>>> >>>>> "Asus N61JQ hangs at shutdown unless lapic is passed" >>>>> (Not reported upstream yet, I've only downstream bug >>>>> report which is Turkish) >>>>> http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id=15969 >>>>> >>>>> "Asus X61S does not boot unless acpi=off is given" >>>>> (Not reported upstream yet, I've only downstream bug >>>>> report which is Turkish) >>>>> http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id=16322 >>>>> (I've told the reporter to try with nolapic, it will >>>>> probably fix the issue but until confirmed acpi=off is the >>>>> only solution. 2.6.36 was fine) >>>>> >>>>> I'll post more bugs in here as I've found them. >>>> >>>> (CC'ing: Colin King from Canonical) >>>> >>>> Another one for Asus N90Sc which was booting fine with >>>> 10.04 >>>> but fails to boot with 10.10: >>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/653626 >>>> >>>> Seen that the issue mostly happens on Asus boxes, it's >>>> possible that their firmwares are buggy but they were >>>> booting/shutting down correctly until a recent change in kernel. >>> My ASUS F3Jv-AS022P (Core 2 Duo T7200, 2 GB RAM, BIOS version >>> 207) has trouble (read: it reboots within one second of the >>> vmlinuz being loaded) with recent kernels as well. >>> >>> While I haven't performed a full bisection yet (which is why >>> I didn't try reporting the problem until I saw this thread), >>> I have narrowed down the problem by compiling several tagged >>> versions: >>> * 2.6.35 series: .4 and .6 boot successfully, .8 and .10 fail; >>> * 2.6.36 series: -rc2 boots successfully, .1 fails; >>> * 2.6.37 series: -rc4 fails. >> >> So it's probably a commit to the mainline tree which was picked >> by 2.6.35 maintainer to the stable tree (probably it was CC'ed) >> cause this. >> >> Does passing nolapic or acpi=off cures the issue? > IIRC, I tested at least one of these, without improvement. > I'll test again tonight, when I can physically access the > computer. None of nolapic, acpi=off, nolapic acpi=off enables 2.6.35.8 to boot on my ASUS F3Jv-AS022P. The kernel line is kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda9 nomce vga=791 nomodeset I've attached the 2.6.35.6 config. >> Maybe rebooting immediately while booting >> is a sign of another problem, I don't know. >> >> --- >> Ozan Çağlayan >> TUBITAK/UEKAE - Pardus Linux >> http://www.pardus.org.tr/eng Lionel.