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

Andrew Morton
2007-03-08T02:54:38Z

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.