Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266775AbUI0QnE (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Sep 2004 12:43:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266768AbUI0Qmz (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Sep 2004 12:42:55 -0400 Received: from LPBPRODUCTIONS.COM ([68.98.211.131]:43667 "HELO lpbproductions.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S266807AbUI0Qkl (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Sep 2004 12:40:41 -0400 From: Matt Heler Reply-To: lkml@lpbproductions.com To: gene.heskett@verizon.net Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4 Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 09:40:39 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20040926181021.2e1b3fe4.akpm@osdl.org> <200409270706.21661.lkml@lpbproductions.com> <200409271131.27329.gene.heskett@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <200409271131.27329.gene.heskett@verizon.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200409270940.39851.lkml@lpbproductions.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2501 Lines: 64 Yup, turning opff pre-emptable bkl makes it boot up and work just fine. On Monday 27 September 2004 8:31 am, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 27 September 2004 10:06, Matt Heler wrote: > >I can confirm the same problem here. > > So I not alone, thats comforting (I think) > > I just woke up, and I think the next test compile will be done without > the pre-emptable bkl turned on. That was the only diff in the config > I saw when my script ran a make oldconfig, and it defaulted to a Y so > I accepted it when it ran. > > Half an hour later (mount had to e2fsck a couple BIG partitions) > > Ok, that fixed it and I'm running on it now. > > That was the checkbox to make the big-kernel-lock pre-emptable that I > unchecked in a "make xconfig". > > So I guess that particular patch still needs help. > > I also took this back to the lkml for others to be made aware. But I > wonder whats so odd about our two systems, so far, we are the only > ones to be effected, so lets compare notes: > > AMD Athlon 2800xp, biostar N7-NCD-Pro motherboard with an nforce2 > chipset, and using the forcedeth driver for eth0. A gigabyte of > DDR400 rated ram running in DDR333 dual channel mode, the 2800xp > Athlon can't handle the DDR400 fsb correctly. No acpi is enabled, and > apm only for shutdown control & rtc handling. > > >On Sunday 26 September 2004 9:53 pm, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> On Sunday 26 September 2004 21:10, Andrew Morton wrote: > >> >ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6 > >> >.9- rc2/2.6.9-rc2-mm4/ > >> > > >> >- ppc64 builds are busted due to breakage in bk-pci.patch > >> > > >> >- sparc64 builds are busted too. Also due to pci problems. > >> > > >> >- Various updates to various things. In particular, a kswapd > >> > artifact which could cause too much swapout was fixed. > >> > > >> >- I shall be offline for most of this week. > >> > >> The bootup hangs, from dmesg after reboot to 2.6.9-rc2-mm3: > >> > >> Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. > >> ----- > >> 2.6.9-rc2-mm4 hangs here, and never gets to the next line > >> ----- > >> NET: Registered protocol family 16 > >> > >> So I assume something in the next line hangs it. Sysrq-t has no > >> repsonse, must use the hardware reset button. > >> > >> Ideas? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/