Re: 2.6.29-rc6: Reported regressions from 2.6.28

Ingo Molnar
2009-02-24T07:16:47Z

(note, the standalone mail of this bug entry did not make it out
for some reason.)

* Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> wrote:

> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12760
> Subject : 2.6.29-rc5 hanging at boot when CONFIG_LOCK_STAT=y
> Submitter : Adam J. Richter <adam@yggdrasil.com>
> Date : 2009-02-16 6:50 (8 days old)
> References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123476768023893&w=4
> Handled-By : Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Here we came to the conclusion that this is some LILO bug with a
too large BSS section - that's one thing that CONFIG_LOCK_STAT
causes. Under Grub the same kernel image boots fine. So unless
Adam has new data that contradicts this i think we can close
this bug.

Ingo