From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:39:05 +0100 (CET) Received: from h5.dl5rb.org.uk ([81.2.74.5]:33822 "EHLO h5.dl5rb.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by eddie.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S1493513AbZKXBjC (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:39:02 +0100 Received: from h5.dl5rb.org.uk (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by h5.dl5rb.org.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nAO1dGWB004212; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:39:16 GMT Received: (from ralf@localhost) by h5.dl5rb.org.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nAO1dFNo004210; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:39:15 GMT Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:39:15 +0000 From: Ralf Baechle To: Martin Michlmayr Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: Disable EARLY_PRINTK on IP22 to make the system boot Message-ID: <20091124013915.GA3991@linux-mips.org> References: <20091119164009.GA15038@deprecation.cyrius.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091119164009.GA15038@deprecation.cyrius.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 25084 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 04:40:09PM +0000, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > Some Debian users have reported that the kernel hangs early > during boot on some IP22 systems. Thomas Bogendoerfer found > that this is due to a "bad interaction between CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK > and overwritten prom memory during early boot". Since there's > no fix yet, disable CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK for now. > > Signed-off-by: Martin Michlmayr Patch looks ok but I think IP28 needs the same change applied. Will post a new patch in separate mail. Ralf