From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757072Ab3BVLB1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Feb 2013 06:01:27 -0500 Received: from mail-ee0-f42.google.com ([74.125.83.42]:34760 "EHLO mail-ee0-f42.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756185Ab3BVLBV (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Feb 2013 06:01:21 -0500 Message-ID: <51274FFD.4050509@suse.cz> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:01:17 +0100 From: Jiri Slaby User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:19.0) Gecko/20130124 Thunderbird/19.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: George Spelvin CC: ojab , stable , LKML Subject: [stable-request] [Bisected] Kernel 3.8 hangs on boot References: <512710F3.9070602@ojab.ru> <51273988.2070907@suse.cz> <5127402A.6040501@ojab.ru> In-Reply-To: <5127402A.6040501@ojab.ru> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6a1pre Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 02/22/2013 10:53 AM, ojab wrote: > On 22.02.2013 13:25, Jiri Slaby wrote: >> On 02/22/2013 07:32 AM, ojab wrote: >> >> Ideally with description of tha hang. Are there any messages (if you >> disable splash and enable debug)? Do keyboard LEDs blink? >> >> >> Especially architecture. Then do you have serial ports, some GSM devices >> or GPS? > > It's x86_64 machine and I have GPS w/ PPS (Garmin 18x LVC) connected via > serial, without it kernel boots/works fine. Also no issues with GPS > connected, but PPS disabled (by removing pps_core.ko module). > If I'm connecting GPS w/ PPS to already booted machine — cursor on the > display stops blinking and I cannot input anything, but I still can > switch between VTs using Ctrl-Fx and keyboard LEDs are blinking when I'm > pressing Num/Caps Lock keys. Ok, you have a problem fixed by this commit: commit 03a7ffe4e542310838bac70ef85acc17536b6d7c Author: George Spelvin Date: Sun Feb 10 04:41:56 2013 -0500 pps: Use pps_lookup_dev to reduce ldisc coupling I think this should go to stable-3.8 with its prerequisity: commit 513b032c98b4b9414aa4e9b4a315cb1bf0380101 Author: George Spelvin Date: Sun Feb 10 04:08:32 2013 -0500 pps: Add pps_lookup_dev() function George? thanks, -- js suse labs