Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Thomas Renninger wrote: >> On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 07:18 -0600, Tim Gardner wrote: >>> Tim Gardner wrote: >>>> Thomas Gleixner wrote: >>>>> On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 17:47 -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote: >>>>>> On 06/21/2007 05:04 PM, Tim Gardner wrote: >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Commit e9e2cdb412412326c4827fc78ba27f410d837e6e breaks boot on a Dell >>>>>>> E1501 unless 'acpi=off' is specified (also tried nolapic and nohpet but >>>>>>> it made no substantive difference). This laptop is an 'AMD Turion(tm) 64 >>>>>>> X2 Mobile Technology TL-50' CPU, but its booting 32 bit SMP (make >>>>>>> defconfig). No kernel built after this commit works for this platform. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> There is no crash output, it just wedges after 'NET: Registered protocol >>>>>>> family 2'. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> How can I debug this problem? >>>>>> That'll be fun. >>>>>> >>>>>> That's: >>>>>> >>>>>> [PATCH] clockevents: i386 drivers >>>>>> >>>>>> [Author cc: added] >>>>> I'm going nuts on this. >>>>> >>>>> Tim, >>>>> >>>>> 1.) are you booting a 32bit or a 64 bit kernel ? >>>>> >>>>> 2.) Can you please try 2.6.22-rc5 + >>>>> http://www.tglx.de/projects/hrtimers/2.6.22-rc5/patch-2.6.22-rc5-hrt1.patch >>>>> whether this makes any difference >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> tglx >>>>> >>>> Thomas, >>>> >>>> Your patch (large though it is) did not make any outward difference. As >>>> usual, adding 'acpi=off' allows it to boot. >>>> >>>> rtg >>> Perhaps I was too hasty. Adding 'acpi=off' did not allow it to boot. The >>> IDE drive was detected, but I did not see any partitions detected. >>> Eventually it dropped to the initrd shell when it could not find a root >>> filesystem. Anyways, this is likely a side issue. >> >> I am seeing the same with an ACER F5000. >> >> pci=nomsi let the machine still boot. >> >> I tried a bit and I think I got it, for me it's this one: >> >> commit 78b7611c4a1e3ff008abc4751b566cb533d68f3d >> Author: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Date: Fri Jun 1 00:46:33 2007 -0700 >> >> My problem: The laptop does not have an serial output device, I try to >> set up a fire wire console, but might have cable/HW problems. >> >> What else can I do to help? >> What do you need? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Thomas >> > > pci=nomsi has no effect, nor does CONFIG_SMP. Furthermore, I positively > confirmed that this is the offending commit. If I reset HEAD to the > commit just prior, then everything works OK. To confirm you commit: e9e2cdb412412326c4827fc78ba27f410d837e6e "[PATCH] clockevents: i386 drivers" is the problem commit you are referring to. Thomas suggested a different commit else having to do with MSI... I'm just trying to keep the conversation straight. Thanks, Eric - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
