Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932989Ab0BDRgg (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Feb 2010 12:36:36 -0500 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:60838 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758552Ab0BDRg1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Feb 2010 12:36:27 -0500 Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 18:36:12 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Matthew Garrett , Dave Airlie , Dave Airlie , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.sf.net Subject: Re: hung bootup with "drm/radeon/kms: move radeon KMS on/off switch out of staging." Message-ID: <20100204173612.GA23398@elte.hu> References: <20100202081727.GA6788@elte.hu> <21d7e9971002020035v22318962w6412ccd8d93449da@mail.gmail.com> <20100202154656.GD27314@elte.hu> <21d7e9971002021234y275fae02k410af92bb16fee73@mail.gmail.com> <20100204062619.GA29154@elte.hu> <20100204071705.GA28403@elte.hu> <20100204164859.GA17878@srcf.ucam.org> <20100204170826.GA16397@elte.hu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-17) X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.0 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.5 -2.0 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1095 Lines: 28 * Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Thu, 4 Feb 2010, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > Well, once i applied the revert i got no more hangs or crashes today, in > > lots of bootups. This is fully repeatable - if i re-apply that commit > > with the config i sent the hang happens again. > > But that's just because when it was in staging, you'd never enable it, > right? Because your config generator always turns off staging stuff. IOW, > it's not the code - it's more an interaction with how your test-bed works. Correct. Staging drivers can crash and there's no guarantee of quick regression fixes (although fixes are generally quick so this isnt a complaint), so i exclude them from boot testing. Anyway, i've essentially moved it back to staging as far as my testing goes, that solves the problem too. Thanks, Ingo -- 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/