From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757895AbZENPml (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 May 2009 11:42:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752544AbZENPm3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 May 2009 11:42:29 -0400 Received: from e23smtp07.au.ibm.com ([202.81.31.140]:37497 "EHLO e23smtp07.au.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752390AbZENPm3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 May 2009 11:42:29 -0400 Message-ID: <4A0C3BE1.609@in.ibm.com> Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 21:12:25 +0530 From: Sachin Sant User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20081216) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David.Woodhouse@intel.com CC: LKML , Stephen Rothwell , linux-next@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Next May 13:[drivers/base/firmware*] Bug while booting on x86 References: <20090513164832.c8a0de7d.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> <4A0AC5E6.2010402@in.ibm.com> <4A0BACCA.5050103@in.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <4A0BACCA.5050103@in.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sachin Sant wrote: > Could be because of the following patch which last changed the > code in question. > > firmware: speed up request_firmware() > http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/17531/ > > I will try reverting this patch and check if that helps. The above mentioned patch seems to be the culprit. If i back out that patch, the machine boots fine. David let me know if i can provide any information to debug this issue. Thanks -Sachin -- --------------------------------- Sachin Sant IBM Linux Technology Center India Systems and Technology Labs Bangalore, India ---------------------------------