On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 16:11 +0000, carmen wrote: > if you find out how to debug a frozen kernel (ie, doesnt even get a chance to print a backtrace) let us know. ive been tryin out ingo's kernel every 6 month or so for the past couple of years on a few differet amd64 rigs using the above techniques. so far it always blackscreens/reboots right after grub, freezes during boot, or freezes anywhere from 3 to 20 minutes after booting regardless of load. i dont want to say the above techniques are a total waste of time, as they do tend to change when it freezes from eg, right after grub, to later on, etc. so theyre doing something.. same here with 2.6.17-rt8 and a dual opteron system. removing kernel/RT debugging improves things, but not so much that the system will run for long. its a bit sad.
