Re: [PATCH] [RSDL-mm 0/6] RSDL cpu scheduler for -mm

Con Kolivas
2007-03-09T05:13:58Z

On Thursday 08 March 2007 13:54, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 17:43:45 -0800 Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
wrote:
> > On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 12:26:42 +1100
> >
> > Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org> wrote:
> > > What follows is the same patch series that constitutes the RDSL
> > > "Rotating Staircase DeadLine" cpu scheduler resynced for
> > > 2.6.21-rc2-mm2.
> >
> > Big oops early in boot on x86_64 SMP, in rq_bitmap_error+0x97/0x9f.
> >
> > I stubbed it out with a `return MAX_RT_PRIO;' (I think) but it then
> > oopsed differently. Before netconsole had come up, no serial console, no
> > digital camera.
> >
> > There's stuff in http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/ck/ - you can probably
> > boot that kernel on your own machine.
> >
> > I need to do rc3-mm1 now. I might find some time to poke at this
> > further after that, but I have to leave for a week in .jp and it'll be
> > squeezy, sorry.
>
> well it boots os dual pIII and quad powerpc.
>
> The powerpc says
>
> Scheduler bitmap error - bitmap being reconstructed..
>
> during bootup. But it didn't crash like the Nocona machine.

Any chance I could get the config of this powerpc so I can try building and
running one on qemu? I can't seem to get this bitmap error on x86*.

Thanks!

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