Hi, For daily kernel testing, I (try to) use kexec to boot each new kernel. This hasn't been working for several weeks now. A "git bisect" only pointed me at one of Arjan's async boot (fastboot) patches, but he and I think that's a git bisect anomaly. The test system is an HP BladeCenter 4-proc with 8 GB of RAM (HP BladeCenter BL c-class: ProLiant BL685c G1). It boots from an HP/Compaq CCISS drive (using an initramfs). I capture the kernel log via netconsole, so sometimes the last few lines of the kernel log are lost. This is what the end of the netconsole capture looks like: (using acpi.debug_layer=0x03412f3b acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff) Execute Method: [\_SB_.PCI0.IP2P.ASMD._STA] (Node ffff88027f813ba0) nseval-0164 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ns_evaluate : Method at AML address ffffc2000000c68a Length 2 utmutex-0249 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ut_acquire_mutex : Thread FFFF88027F840000 attempting to acquire Mutex [ACPI_MTX_Interpreter] osl-0852 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] os_wait_semaphore : Waiting for semaphore[ffff88027f806140|1|65535] osl-0871 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] os_wait_semaphore : Acquired semaphore[ffff88027f806140|1|65535] utmutex-0257 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ut_acquire_mutex : Thread FFFF88027F840000 acquired Mutex [ACPI_MTX_Interpreter] utmutex-0249 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ut_acquire_mutex : Thread FFFF88027F840000 attempting to acquire Mutex [ACPI_MTX_Caches] osl-0852 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] os_wait_semaphore : Waiting for semaphore[ffff88027f8061c0|1|65535] osl-0871 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] os_wait_semaphore : Acquired semaphore[ffff88027f8061c0|1|65535] utmutex-0257 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ut_acquire_mutex : Thread FFFF88027F840000 acquired Mutex [ACPI_MTX_Caches] utmisc-0228 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ut_allocate_owner_id : Allocated OwnerId: 9D utmutex-0292 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ut_release_mutex : Thread FFFF88027F840000 releasing Mutex [ACPI_MTX_Caches] osl-0891 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] os_signal_semaphore : Signaling semaphore[ffff88027f8061c0|1] utmutex-0249 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ut_acquire_mutex : Thread FFFF88027F840000 attempting to acquire Mutex [ACPI_MTX_Namespace] osl-0852 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] os_wait_semaphore : Waiting for semaphore[ffff88027f806160|1|65535] osl-0871 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] os_wait_semaphore : Acquired semaphore[ffff88027f806160|1|65535] utmutex-0257 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ut_acquire_mutex : Thread FFFF88027F840000 acquired Mutex [ACPI_MTX_Namespace] utmutex-0292 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ut_release_mutex : Thread FFFF88027F840000 releasing Mutex [ACPI_MTX_Namespace] [more of the kernel log including above is available at http://oss.oracle.com/kerneltest/logs/netcon-5975.log, but it does not include the beginning of the kernel boot for some reason -- it was truncated] and this is what is on the serial console output (which I don't know how to capture in its entirety): nssearch-0110 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ns_search_one_scope : Searching \_SB_.PCI0.IP2P (ffff88027f806ee0) For [_S2D] (Untyped) nssearch-0174 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ns_search_one_scope : Name [_S2D] (Untyped) not found in search in scope [IP2P] ffff88027f806ee0 first child ffff88027f806f00 nssearch-0386 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ns_search_and_enter : _S2D Not found in ffff88027f806ee0 [Not adding] nsaccess-0575 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ns_lookup : Name [_S2D] not found in scope [IP2P] ffff88027f806ee0 nsutils-0876 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ns_get_node : _S2D, AE_NOT_FOUND utmutex-0292 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ut_release_mutex : Thread FFFF88027F840000 releasing Mutex [ACPI_MTX_Namespace] osl-0891 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] os_signal_semaphore : Signaling semaphore[ffff88027f806160|1] uteval-0227 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ut_evaluate_object : [IP2P._S2D] was not found nsutils-0461 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ns_build_internal_name: Returning [ffff88027ed28be0] (rel) "_S3D" utmutex-0249 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ut_acquire_mutex : Thread FFFF88027F840000 attempting to acquire Mutex [ACPI_MTX_Namespace] osl-0852 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] os_wait_semaphore : Waiting for semaphore[ffff88027f806160|1|65535] osl-0871 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] os_wait_semaphore : Acquired semaphore[ffff88027f806160|1|65535] utmutex-0257 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ut_acquire_mutex : Thread FFFF88027F840000 acquired Mutex [ACPI_MTX_Namespace] nsaccess-0404 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ns_lookup : Searching relative to prefix scope [IP2P] (ffff88027f806ee0) nsaccess-0514 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ns_lookup : Simple Pathname (1 segment, Flags=2) nsdump-0087 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ns_print_pathname : [_S3D] nssearch-0110 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ns_search_one_scope : Searching \_SB_.PCI0.IP2P (ffff88027f806ee0) For [_S3D] (Untyped) nssearch-0174 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ns_search_one_scope : Name [_S3D] (Untyped) not found in search in scope [IP2P] ffff88027f806ee0 first child ffff88027f806f00 nssearch-0386 [FFFF88027F840000] [00] ns_search_and_enter : _S3D Not found in ffff88027f Can anyone suggest other tests to try? Thanks, -- ~Randy -- 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