Re: Re: i686 hang on boot in userspace

Roman Zippel
2006-07-17T15:21:28Z

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.

bye, Rman