From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755634Ab0JJP64 (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Oct 2010 11:58:56 -0400 Received: from smtp5.freeserve.com ([193.252.22.128]:3288 "EHLO smtp5.freeserve.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754635Ab0JJP6y (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Oct 2010 11:58:54 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 598 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sun, 10 Oct 2010 11:58:54 EDT X-ME-UUID: 20101010154853894.15CA01C00043@mwinf3417.me.freeserve.com Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 16:48:18 +0100 From: Chris Vine To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Lenovo S12 2.6.36-rc7 lockup Message-ID: <20101010164818.6617102c@boulder.homenet> In-Reply-To: <20101010135912.76eb61b7@boulder.homenet> References: <20101010135912.76eb61b7@boulder.homenet> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.22.0; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 13:59:12 +0100 Chris Vine wrote: > Hi, > > kernel 2.6.36-rc7 completely locks up my Lenovo S12 notebook on > boot-up. It happens early enough in boot-up that nothing appears in > any of the system log files. The last message printed to the console > is "Using IPI - No Shortcut mode". > > The lock up does not occur with kernel 2.6.35.6. I do not know in > what version of 2.6.36-rc this first arose. > > The kernel configuration is set out below. > > Chris [snip] On testing now with the earlier 2.6.36-rc6, I see that it is not a lock-up but a hang, in that it partly responds to the keyboard. With rc6 boot-up can proceed further than with rc7 (but very slowly) if keyboard keys are more or less randomly pressed. Boot up is never completed though with rc6, even though it proceeds further. Chris