Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754835AbWLVNVL (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:21:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754834AbWLVNVL (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:21:11 -0500 Received: from smtpa2.aruba.it ([62.149.128.211]:45664 "HELO smtpa2.aruba.it" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1754835AbWLVNVK (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:21:10 -0500 Subject: Re: [Bug 7505] Linux-2.6.18 fails to boot on AMD64 machine From: Stefano Takekawa To: Andrew Morton Cc: Ard -kwaak- van Breemen , "Zhang, Yanmin" , Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>, Yinghai Lu , agalanin@mera.ru, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org, "Eric W. Biederman" In-Reply-To: <20061222014341.5ba33788.akpm@osdl.org> References: <117E3EB5059E4E48ADFF2822933287A401F2EB70@pdsmsx404.ccr.corp.intel.com> <20061222082248.GY31882@telegraafnet.nl> <20061222003029.4394bd9a.akpm@osdl.org> <1166779971.16097.8.camel@proton.twominds.it> <20061222014341.5ba33788.akpm@osdl.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:23:07 +0100 Message-Id: <1166793787.11859.7.camel@proton.twominds.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Rating: smtpa2.aruba.it 1.6.2 0/1000/N Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1340 Lines: 40 Il giorno ven, 22/12/2006 alle 01.43 -0800, Andrew Morton ha scritto: > On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:32:51 +0100 > Stefano Takekawa wrote: > > > Applied to 2.6.19 it doesn't change anything. It still panics. > > Really? > > And you can confirm that converting pci_bus_sem back into a spinlock fixes > it? > > > How can I have something similar to a serial console on a laptop without > > serial port but with a parallel one? Will netconsole work? > > > > No, netconsole isn't available for quite some time after the kernel starts. > > Your best bet would be to boot with `earlyprintk=vga vga=N', where N is > something which gives lots of rows. 0F01, perhaps. > > Then, take a digital photo of the display. I can't take any digital photo. Well I got this: 2.6.19 + lib/rwsem-spinlock.c patched + hdc=ide-cd or idebus=66 >> panic 2.6.19 + lib/rwsem-spinlock.c patched + no ide_setup calls >> works!!! 2.6.19 + spinlock reversed >> always works -- Stefano Takekawa take@libero.it Frank: And why do days get longer in the summer? Ernest: Because heat makes things expand! - 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/