Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757115AbYH2W2U (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:28:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755598AbYH2W2J (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:28:09 -0400 Received: from ogre.sisk.pl ([217.79.144.158]:54256 "EHLO ogre.sisk.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750842AbYH2W2I (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:28:08 -0400 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" To: "Yinghai Lu" Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.27-rc5: System boot regression caused by commit a2bd7274b47124d2fc4dfdb8c0591f545ba749dd Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:32:18 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 Cc: "Linus Torvalds" , "Linux Kernel Mailing List" , "Jeff Garzik" , "Tejun Heo" , "Ingo Molnar" , "David Witbrodt" , "Andrew Morton" , "Kernel Testers" References: <86802c440808291413t4f31993fmba59a65aefd906ca@mail.gmail.com> <86802c440808291419s3ad29269m1856b13ce54a882@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <86802c440808291419s3ad29269m1856b13ce54a882@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200808300032.19735.rjw@sisk.pl> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1836 Lines: 51 On Friday, 29 of August 2008, Yinghai Lu wrote: > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > >> On Friday, 29 of August 2008, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > >>> On Friday, 29 of August 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote: > >>> > > >>> > Another week (my weeks do seem to be eight days, don't they? Very odd), > >>> > another -rc. > >>> > > >>> > The dirstat pretty much says it all: > >>> > > >>> > 43.0% arch/arm/configs/ > >>> > 43.9% arch/arm/ > >>> > 25.5% arch/powerpc/configs/ > >>> > 26.8% arch/powerpc/ > >>> > 73.9% arch/ > >>> > 4.4% drivers/usb/musb/ > >>> > 5.4% drivers/usb/ > >>> > 4.0% drivers/watchdog/ > >>> > 16.0% drivers/ > >>> > 3.5% fs/ > >>> > > >>> > yeah, the bulk of it is all config updates, and with arm and powerpc > >>> > leading the pack. > >>> > >>> Doesn't boot on my quad core test box, apparently because of an AHCI failure. > >>> > >>> Bisecting ... > >> > >> Bisection turned up commit a2bd7274b47124d2fc4dfdb8c0591f545ba749dd as the culprit: > >> > >> commit a2bd7274b47124d2fc4dfdb8c0591f545ba749dd > >> Author: Yinghai Lu > >> Date: Mon Aug 25 00:56:08 2008 -0700 > >> > >> x86: fix HPET regression in 2.6.26 versus 2.6.25, check hpet against BAR, v3 > >> > >> Reverting this commit helps. > > can you try tip/master? we have another fix according to Linus.. I have tested the patch that Linus sent me and it works. Please see my reply to Linus for the link to the dmesg output. Thanks, Rafael -- 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/