Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 14:10:59 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Chris Samuel <chris@csamuel.org>
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        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, hpa@linux.intel.com,
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Subject: Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86, setup: When probing memory with e801, use
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* Chris Samuel <chris@csamuel.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 06:12:37 PM Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> > Just asking, does the box now boot to user-space, or are there
> > other  regressions left?
> 
> Final update on this - I can now boot all the way to userspace
> successfully using an unpatched 2.6.39-rc6 with the parameters:
> 
> noapic scsi_mod.scan=sync
> 
> So I'm really happy, thanks so much to everyone for their help!

Thanks for the update!

Note that the noapic and the scsi-sync-scan boot parameter suggests that 
there's two regressions remaining.

The stock kernel wont boot - you can work it around via boot options but most 
users wont be able to do that.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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