Re: 2.6.21-rc5-mm1

Mariusz Kozłowski
2007-03-29T18:50:34Z

> > > > 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?)

This is from .config:

# CONFIG_SMP is not set

Can this be that 'link down' is emitted by netconsole when the link is
already down and kernel gets locked? Does it make any sense?

Mariusz