Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161324AbWHDRBO (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Aug 2006 13:01:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161322AbWHDRBN (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Aug 2006 13:01:13 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:59040 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161324AbWHDRBM (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Aug 2006 13:01:12 -0400 Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 13:01:02 -0400 From: Dave Jones To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: runtime disable for softlockup Message-ID: <20060804170102.GJ7265@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20060801183826.GM22240@redhat.com> <20060804004802.5524bfa6.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060804004802.5524bfa6.akpm@osdl.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 781 Lines: 22 On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 12:48:02AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 1 Aug 2006 14:38:26 -0400 > Dave Jones wrote: > > > The softlockup detector is damned handy, but a real pain if it > > prevents your distro installer from running. > > Why is it triggering?? It blew up in a few cases circa FC4, which prevented installs, which led me to do this 'just in case' for FC5. The actual lockups got fixed up somewhere in between, but this is still a nice safety net. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - 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/