Re: 2.6.7-rc3-mm1

Zwane Mwaikambo
2004-06-09T13:42:20Z

On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, William Lee Irwin III wrote:

> On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Eric BEGOT wrote:
> >> I've installed 2.6.7-rc3-mm1 patch on my x86 and during the boot it
> >> freezes. The last messages are :
> >> CPU0: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ stepping 01
> >> per-CPU timeslice cutoff : 731,38 usecs
> >> task migration cache decay timeout : 1 msecs.
> >> enabled ExtINT on CPU#0
> >> ESR value before enabling vector : 00000000
> >> ESR value after enabling vector : 00000000
> >> Booting processor 1/15 eip 3000
>
> On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 09:13:03AM -0400, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> > Try backing out this patch first;
> > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.7-rc3/2.6.7-rc3-mm1/broken-out/apic-enumeration-fixes.patch
> > The other suspect would be the cpumask patch, but that may be a bit
> > harder to backout.
>
> As curious as I am as to whether that works, I'm also curious as to
> whether it's the culprit in this case. Eric, could you also describe your
> system? A dmesg from a working kernel would also help.

I'm leaning more towards the cpumask stuff but at least eliminating your
patch being a culprit gets us further.

Zwane