Re: Re: i686 hang on boot in userspace

gmu 2k6
2006-07-17T15:59:01Z

On 7/17/06, Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, gmu 2k6 wrote:
>
> > I was preparing a post to lkml about a similar hang which happens
> > during init. I also saw an error while ntpdate tried to set the
> > time/get the time. this only happens after I've enabled the NX bit on
> > the dual 32bit Xeons installed in the HP Proliant Server. it works
> > flawlessly with 2.6.17.6 (CONFIG_X86_PAE and CONFIG_HIGHMEM_64) but
> > since 2.6.18-rc2-git4 (including 2.6.18-rc2) it hangs late in the init
> > process.
> >
> > could this be related?
>
> Well, it could, but without further information it's impossible to say.
> What error did you see with ntpdate? Could you post the kernel messages
> and also insert a few stack traces as mentioned earlier?
> Thanks.

ok, the error printed from ntpdate has to do with networking:
Running ntpdate to synchronize clockError : Temporary failure in name resolution

it then stops after printing the following tg3 initialization line:
tg3: eth0 Flow control is on for TX and on for RX.

right now I'm trying to get SysRq working (my first try with it) so
that I see where it's hanging.