Stefan Assmann wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm having troubles to kexec recent kernels on Playstation 3. > After issuing > kexec -l <vmlinux> --initrd=<initrd> > kexec -e > the screen stays black. > > I tracked this down in the suse kernel and it seems related to a patch > with the Subject: USB: fix interrupt disabling for HCDs with shared > interrupt handlers. I forgot the git commit ID from mainline, sorry. linux-2.6 bf9127c36341573dc47a9c2fc003dcf13bbbf246 > > This patch went mainline with 2.6.26 and the most likely reason why > it has not been discovered yet may be because USB is compiled > as a module in most cases. However the suse config has it compiled > into the kernel and this causes some mischief. > > It would be nice if somebody could try this on other distros as well. > I'm attaching an altered ps3_defconfig (from geoffs git) that has > USB compiled in. So all you need to do is compile a recent kernel > (2.6.26) with that config and it should hang right after kexec. Stefan -- Stefan Assmann | SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Software Engineer | Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg Mail : sassmann at suse.de | GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg)
