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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli@iki.fi>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: early boot lockup with 2.6.23-rc1
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 22:09:18 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070808220918.1e5de16f.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070809045743.GA2342@nalle>

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 07:57:43 +0300 Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli@iki.fi> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 05:02:11PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 01:31:20 +0300
> > Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli@iki.fi> wrote:
> > 
> > > Since 2.6.23-rc1 I can't boot an old k6 (with a funky IDE drive worth testing
> > > with libata). The boot hangs without a sound or letter prints on the
> > > screen right after grub, while 2.6.22.1 works fine.
> > 
> > Try adding the `earlyprintk=vga' parameter to the kernel command line?
> 
> Tried but didn't see anything.

So it died super-early.

> I'll try some git snapshots...

That would be good, thanks.

Often such an early crash is due to a config problem.  eg: chose the
wrong CPU type.  So I'd recommend that you triple-check that config,
especially under "Processor type and features" before diving into into the
bisection hunt.

  reply	other threads:[~2007-08-09  5:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-08-08 22:31 early boot lockup with 2.6.23-rc1 Mikko Rapeli
2007-08-09  0:02 ` Andrew Morton
2007-08-09  4:57   ` Mikko Rapeli
2007-08-09  5:09     ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2007-08-09  5:24       ` Mikko Rapeli
2007-08-09  7:25 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-08-09  7:53   ` Mikko Rapeli
2007-08-09 18:23   ` Mikko Rapeli
2007-08-09 19:43     ` Mikko Rapeli
2007-08-09 22:26       ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-08-10 16:33         ` Mikko Rapeli
2007-08-10 16:45           ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-08-10 19:20             ` Mikko Rapeli
2007-08-10 19:32               ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-08-10 19:50                 ` Mikko Rapeli
2007-08-10 22:38               ` Mikko Rapeli
2007-08-10 22:50                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-08-11  4:42               ` Mikko Rapeli

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