From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755280AbXD0EMT (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:12:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755277AbXD0EMS (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:12:18 -0400 Received: from omta01sl.mx.bigpond.com ([144.140.92.153]:62998 "EHLO omta01sl.mx.bigpond.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755274AbXD0EMR (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:12:17 -0400 Message-ID: <46317819.5020304@bigpond.net.au> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:12:09 +1000 From: Peter Williams User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linus Torvalds CC: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux-2.6.21 hangs during post boot initialization phase References: <463166C2.6060106@bigpond.net.au> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH PLAIN at oaamta01sl.mx.bigpond.com from [138.130.231.4] using ID pwil3058@bigpond.net.au at Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:12:09 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Apr 2007, Peter Williams wrote: >> The 2.6.21 kernel is hanging during the post boot phase where various daemons >> are being started (not always the same daemon unfortunately). >> >> This problem was not present in 2.6.21-rc7 and there is no oops or other >> unusual output in the system log at the time the hang occurs. > > Can you use "git bisect" to narrow it down a bit more? It's only 125 > commits, so bisecting even just three or four kernels will narrow it down > to a handful Yes. I'm just in the process of reading up on how to do the bisecting now. Should have an answer in a few hours, I guess. Peter -- Peter Williams pwil3058@bigpond.net.au "Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious." -- Ambrose Bierce