Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

Matt Heler
2004-09-27T15:32:41Z

I can confirm the same problem here for 2.6.9-rc2-mm4. Right after the '
Checking 'hlt' instruction .. OK ' it hangs.

On Sunday 26 September 2004 9:53 pm, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Sunday 26 September 2004 21:10, Andrew Morton wrote:
> >ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.9-
> >rc2/2.6.9-rc2-mm4/
> >
> >- ppc64 builds are busted due to breakage in bk-pci.patch
> >
> >- sparc64 builds are busted too. Also due to pci problems.
> >
> >- Various updates to various things. In particular, a kswapd
> > artifact which could cause too much swapout was fixed.
> >
> >- I shall be offline for most of this week.
>
> The bootup hangs, from dmesg after reboot to 2.6.9-rc2-mm3:
>
> Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
> -----
> 2.6.9-rc2-mm4 hangs here, and never gets to the next line
> -----
> NET: Registered protocol family 16
>
> So I assume something in the next line hangs it. Sysrq-t has no
> repsonse, must use the hardware reset button.
>
> Ideas?