Re: 2.6.25-rc8-mm2: Observed problems: Not a detailed bug report

Andrew Morton
2008-04-15T18:43:23Z

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:00:29 -0600 Zan Lynx <zlynx@acm.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 20:33 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.25-rc8/2.6.25-rc8-mm2/
>
> I figured that I would post these without details just so they're out
> there. I've had trouble getting netconsole to dump anything when I need
> it to. I've also had trouble convincing myself to spend the off-work
> hours I need to narrow it down.
>
> The general environment is a AMD64 laptop running 64-bit Gentoo, GCC
> 4.3.
>
> Problem #1:
> Compiling with the stack protector option crashes right after initramfs
> loads. I think it might be dying while attempting to mount root.
> Simple work around: Don't compile with stack protector.

Yes, there have been a couple of reports of stack-protector problems.

> Problem #2:
> Resume from STR. The laptop suspends and goes into suspend state with
> the blinking power indicator. On resume, it simply boots normally
> instead of resuming. No idea how to debug this one.

hm. I figured that if suspend worked on the Vaio, it'll work on
everything ;)

> Bisect I guess.

If you have the time, please.