From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758181AbXHBRey (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:34:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758119AbXHBRep (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:34:45 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:37225 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758131AbXHBReo (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:34:44 -0400 Message-ID: <46B2158D.4000709@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:34:05 -0400 From: Chuck Ebbert Organization: Red Hat User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Tiefenbruck CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner Subject: Re: PROBLEM: Dell Inspiron 1501 fails to boot in 2.6.21+ References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 07/20/2007 10:37 PM, Mark Tiefenbruck wrote: > I'd appreciate any help on getting this report sent to the appropriate > list and, of course, getting this fixed. I don't know what's useful, > so you're getting everything. This will be a very long e-mail. > > My new laptop won't boot with kernel versions 2.6.21 or 2.6.22 . No > oops. No panic. It just stops printing messages. Maybe it would > eventually continue if I wait long enough, but it's unacceptable > either way. I include below the contents of dmesg for a working kernel > up to the point where it halts. I'm also including what it usually > does for a few lines after that point. > Does it continue booting if you keep pressing the Ctrl key repeatedly? I have one that does, with kernel 2.6.23-rc1-git9 -- otherwise it just sits there indefinitely. As soon as I press a key it continues. This is even with 'nohz=off highres=off'. Using 'nolapic_timer' (by itself) fixes it, though.