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From: Adrian McMenamin <adrian@newgolddream.dyndns.info>
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:35:58 +0000
Subject: Re: regression in 2.6.29-git3 on SH/Dreamcast
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On Sun, 2009-03-29 at 20:04 +0100, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> While 2.6.29 boots cleanly on the Dreamcast, later revisions are likely
> to crash with an OOM condition (this is a race, it doesn't happen on
> every boot, but on about one in every three or four).
> 

Still don't know why this timer patch is tipping the machine over, but I
have found that if I set CONFIG_NO_HZ=y then the machine will boot with
the patch applied.