Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754025Ab0HBQIP (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Aug 2010 12:08:15 -0400 Received: from mail-bw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.214.46]:58481 "EHLO mail-bw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753533Ab0HBQIN convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Aug 2010 12:08:13 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=WnSviAH5xqGLWWbyRUZkUXQt8+M3nXRMTzTWwKPinESHZfRMFzo7zfg6WdqBB86JHs 1W5MJcXHPOtVx7B20aXzx0t1Wo+p3nCX7cba7UMY8mIasoS/iiw8DYX0b1oK5ftuBuc3 AvlvADl0fip9/0qLCdgTQCwCXvKqgXFymbTc4= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1280722876.5125.83.camel@falcon.homelinux.org> References: <1280716262.5125.42.camel@falcon.homelinux.org> <201008012138.39036.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> <1280722876.5125.83.camel@falcon.homelinux.org> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 18:08:12 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.35 From: Harald Hoyer To: Donald Parsons Cc: Bjorn Helgaas , linux-kernel , Linus Torvalds Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2696 Lines: 70 On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 6:21 AM, Donald Parsons wrote: > On Sun, 2010-08-01 at 21:38 -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: >> On Sunday, August 01, 2010 08:31:02 pm Donald Parsons wrote: >> > 2.6.35 still fails to boot for me, as first reported here: >> > ?http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1007.3/01144.html >> > >> > I've manually bisected it down to around May 20 between >> > ? 2.6.34-git4 (boots) and 2.6.34-git5 (boot fails) >> > Also -git[23] boot, and -git8, -rc[126], rc6-git[136] all fail. >> > >> > Unfortunately first time I tried was with 2.6.35-rc6 and >> > it failed to boot. >> > >> > Failure when switching from initramfs to real /root? >> > Removing kernel "quiet" param appears to show several >> > lines listing: >> > >> > ? usb drives/hubs? followed by >> > ? dracut switching root (when booting works) >> > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? or >> > ? usb drives/hubs? followed by >> > ? ? ? ? (missing dracut... line) >> > ? No root device found >> > ? Boot has failed, sleeping forever. ? (when it does not boot) >> > >> > Grub, typical entry: >> > title Fedora (2.6.35) >> > ? ? root (hd0,0) >> > ? ? kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.35 ro >> > root=UUID=686dc496-8814-4c36-8fb7-5ded2916e825 rhgb >> > SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 KEYTABLE=us >> > rdblacklist=nouveau init=/sbin/bootchartd >> > ? ? initrd /initramfs-2.6.35.img >> > >> > >> > My boot failure seems to be different than other two reported >> > in the thread "2.6.35-rc6-git6: Reported regressions from 2.6.34" >> > under Bug #16173 and #16228 >> >> Will it boot with the "pci=nocrs" option? ?If so, please open a > > No, I tried this on a few attempts when I saw it mentioned under > bug #16228. ?But it had no effect/benefit. ?Sorry, I should have > mentioned this. > >> report at https://bugzilla.kernel.org, mark it a regression, assign >> it to me, and attach the complete dmesg log. ?And please respond to >> this thread with a pointer to the bugzilla. >> >> Otherwise, a complete console log should have a clue. ?The best >> thing would be a log from a serial console or netconsole, with >> "ignore_loglevel". > > Maybe I will try netconsole tomorrow. ?But is Ethernet up when > this boot failure happens? ?I think not, since initramfs should > not need networking. > > Should I try building sata driver into kernel? ?Oh, I am using > ext3, and fdisk -l shows: # dracut --add-drivers "sata" .... or edit /etc/dracut.conf: add_drivers+=" sata " -- 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/