Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756220Ab0FCRKo (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Jun 2010 13:10:44 -0400 Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]:33620 "EHLO rcsinet10.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752637Ab0FCRKn convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Jun 2010 13:10:43 -0400 Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 10:08:29 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap To: Bob Copeland Cc: Grant Coady , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: How to stop kernel rebooting during startup? Message-Id: <20100603100829.4f2c78f3.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Oracle Linux Eng. X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.7.1 (GTK+ 2.16.6; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-Source-IP: acsinet15.oracle.com [141.146.126.227] X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090207.4C07E1F2.011D:SCFMA922111,ss=1,fgs=0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 949 Lines: 27 On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 18:35:45 -0400 Bob Copeland wrote: > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Grant Coady wrote: > > which worked fine on slackware64-13.0, has this behaviour on slack- > > ware64-13.1. ?Because I cannot read the screen before reboot, no idea > > where to look next, or what is actually happening. > > Maybe try CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY to see the message? That's one option. Can you alter the kernel command line (boot options)? like add: initcall_debug debug ignore_loglevel pause_on_oops=30 Sounds like it would also be good to have something like: reboot=hang|spin (TBD) --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** -- 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/