Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753130AbYACTw0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Jan 2008 14:52:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751445AbYACTwQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Jan 2008 14:52:16 -0500 Received: from e28smtp02.in.ibm.com ([59.145.155.2]:41764 "EHLO e28esmtp02.in.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751211AbYACTwP (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Jan 2008 14:52:15 -0500 Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 01:22:01 +0530 From: Dhaval Giani To: Vivek Goyal Cc: hbabu@us.ibm.com, lkml , kexec@lists.infradead.org, rjw@sisk.pl Subject: Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm Message-ID: <20080103195201.GC6392@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reply-To: Dhaval Giani References: <20071228124532.GB32643@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20071228142739.GA4560@redhat.com> <20071229054113.GB17426@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20071231150843.GB27060@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071231150843.GB27060@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1559 Lines: 43 On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 10:08:43AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: > On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 11:11:13AM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 09:27:39AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:15:32PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: > > > > Hi Vivek, > > > > > > > > I can't seem to get the latest -mm (2.6.24-rc6-mm1) to boot with > > > > kexec. It just gets stuck at "Starting new kernel". > > > > > > > > It does boot normally when booted as the first kernel. > > > > > > > > Any hints debugging? (x86 architecture) > > > > > > I generally try few things. > > > > > > - Specify earlyprintk= parameter for second kernel and see if control > > > is reaching to second kernel. > > > > > > - Otherwise specify --console-serial parameter on "kexec -l" commandline > > > and it should display a message "I am in purgatory" on serial console. > > > This will just mean that control has reached at least till purgatory. > > > > > > > Ok, so it reaches till here. I get "I'm in purgatory" on the console. > > One more thing. Is 2.6.24-rc6 working properly? > 2.6.24-rc5 boots, so does 2.6.24-rc5-mm1. 2.6.24-rc6 does not boot, nor does 2.6.24-rc6-mm1. Its a regression. i will add more outbs and respond back and try a bisect if that does not help. Thanks -- regards, Dhaval -- 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/