Re: [BUG,2.6.29-rc7,s390] System goes into endless loop during boot or logon

Frans Pop
2009-03-12T18:35:47Z

On Thursday 12 March 2009, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Thursday 12 March 2009, Jan Glauber wrote:
> > > AFAICT s390 does not have an NMI watchdog. And I have no idea how I
> > > could trigger a sysrq given that I can't login and only have a dumb
> > > console or SSH session to work with anyway.
> >
> > You can try to trigger sysrq by ^-, so to get the task view type:
> > .^-t
>
> Thanks a lot Jan! On a running system that works, so now the only
> question is if it also works when the system is looping. Will try
> later.

Unfortunately it does not work when the system is hung, not even if I try
it as a "priority" command.

We're still working on my other 2.6.28 regression. I guess the smart thing
to do is wait and see what comes out of that first, so let's put this one
on hold for now.

Cheers,
FJP