Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752084AbYKXFyn (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:54:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750837AbYKXFye (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:54:34 -0500 Received: from mga10.intel.com ([192.55.52.92]:56748 "EHLO fmsmga102.fm.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750784AbYKXFye (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:54:34 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,657,1220252400"; d="scan'208";a="642833166" Subject: Re: system fails to boot From: "Zhang, Yanmin" To: Jike Song Cc: Jens Axboe , tj@kernel.org, LKML , pjones@redhat.com, alex.shi@intel.com In-Reply-To: References: <1226639781.2866.77.camel@ymzhang> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:52:01 +0800 Message-Id: <1227505921.2866.148.camel@ymzhang> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.21.5 (2.21.5-2.fc9) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1367 Lines: 38 On Sat, 2008-11-22 at 01:26 +0800, Jike Song wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Zhang, Yanmin > wrote: > > Jens, > > > > We run into system boot failure with kernel 2.6.28-rc. We found it on a couple of > > machines, including T61 notebook, nehalem machine, and another HPC NX6325 notebook. > > All the machines use FedoraCore 8 or FedoraCore 9. With kernel prior to 2.6.28-rc, > > system boot doesn't fail. > > > > I debug it and locate the root cause. Pls. see > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11899 > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471517 > > > > Hi Yanmin, > > It seems I still have this problem with -rc6, both root=LABEL and > root=/dev/sda8. I have replaced my nash/mkinitrd with patched ones. Did you recreate the initrd after updating nash/mkinitrd tools? What's the boot log? > > Maybe a different issue just with the same appearance? Maybe, but mostly little possibility. > Can you boot > -rc6 smothly on your T61? Yes, I can boot 2.6.28-rc6 on my T61 and Nehalem machine. Without the patch, 2.6.28-rc6 boot randomly fails on T61. -- 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/