Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751355AbVLEOQP (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Dec 2005 09:16:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751362AbVLEOQP (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Dec 2005 09:16:15 -0500 Received: from chiark.greenend.org.uk ([193.201.200.170]:25497 "EHLO chiark.greenend.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751355AbVLEOQP (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Dec 2005 09:16:15 -0500 To: Con Kolivas Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] i386 No Idle HZ aka dynticks v051205 In-Reply-To: <200512051154.45500.kernel@kolivas.org> References: <200512051154.45500.kernel@kolivas.org> Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 14:16:14 +0000 Message-Id: From: Matthew Garrett Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 790 Lines: 17 Con Kolivas wrote: > If you get strange stalls with this patch then almost certainly it is a > problem with dynticks and your apic so booting with the "noapic" option > should fix it. I get strange stalls even with "noapic". During boot, the system keeps pausing unless I do something that generates interrupts (holding down the enter key works). dyntick=disable lets the machine boot normally. Is there anything handy I can do to help debug this? -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59-chiark.mail.linux-rutgers.kernel@srcf.ucam.org - 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/