Re: 2.6.21-rc5-mm1

Ingo Molnar
2007-03-29T18:42:38Z

* Mariusz Kozłowski <m.kozlowski@tuxland.pl> wrote:

> > > This is verified and repeatable _every_ single time I tried.
> > > Unfortunately the last thing seen on the screen before system is
> > > frozen is 'eth0: link down'. So my guess is that when hunting for
> > > hangs I found something else that can hang my laptop (netconsole
> > > that is).
> >
> > fix-sysfs-reclaim-crash.patch is known-bad. Did you try reverting
> > that?
>
> Yes, just tested it. Sorry. It doesn't change anything.

could you try a !CONFIG_SMP kernel to make sure it's not some
self-locking of netconsole that is interfering? (Is it perhaps the
'eth0: link down' message that is trigger from within netconsole?)

Ingo