Hi, all kernels >= 3.14.34-rt31 I tested, don't finish startup on my machine [1]. This are the last messages of startups for 4 different startups for 3.18.9-rt4. Picture URLs: http://picpaste.com/3.18.9-rt4.x86_64.end_of_startup_2.jpg http://picpaste.com/3.18.9-rt4.x86_64.end_of_startup_3.jpg http://picpaste.com/3.18.9-rt4.x86_64.end_of_startup_4.jpg http://picpaste.com/3.18.9-rt4.x86_64.end_of_startup_5.jpg The last kernel I tested that does work is 3.14.28-rt25. Regards, Ralf [1] $ arecord -l **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: HDSPMx579bcc [RME AIO_579bcc], device 0: RME AIO [RME AIO] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: EWX2496 [TerraTec EWX24/96], device 0: ICE1712 multi [ICE1712 multi] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 2: EWX2496_1 [TerraTec EWX24/96], device 0: ICE1712 multi [ICE1712 multi] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AMD BE-2350 Athlon X2 Dual-Core Processor ASUS M2A-VM HDMI motherboard, but the HDMI card isn't connected Integrated ATI Radeon X1250-based graphics http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M2AVM_HDMI/specifications/ # dmidecode 2.12 SMBIOS 2.4 present. 60 structures occupying 1782 bytes. Table at 0x000F0000. Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes BIOS Information Vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD Version: ASUS M2A-VM HDMI ACPI BIOS Revision 2302 Release Date: 02/05/2009 [snip] Handle 0x0005, DMI type 4, 35 bytes Processor Information Socket Designation: Socket AM2 Type: Central Processor Family: Athlon 64 Manufacturer: AMD ID: B2 0F 06 00 FF FB 8B 17 Signature: Family 15, Model 107, Stepping 2 Flags: FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip) VME (Virtual mode extension) DE (Debugging extension) PSE (Page size extension) TSC (Time stamp counter) MSR (Model specific registers) PAE (Physical address extension) MCE (Machine check exception) CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported) APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported) SEP (Fast system call) MTRR (Memory type range registers) PGE (Page global enable) MCA (Machine check architecture) CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported) PAT (Page attribute table) PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension) CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported) MMX (MMX technology supported) FXSR (FXSAVE and FXSTOR instructions supported) SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions) SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2) HTT (Multi-threading) Version: AMD Athlon(tm) X2 Dual Core Processor BE-2350 Voltage: 1.2 V External Clock: 200 MHz Max Speed: 3800 MHz Current Speed: 2100 MHz Status: Populated, Enabled Upgrade: Socket 940 L1 Cache Handle: 0x000B L2 Cache Handle: 0x000C L3 Cache Handle: Not Provided Serial Number: Asset Tag: Part Number: [snip] There's no newer BIOS version, excepted of a beta version available. Beta Version 5001 Description M2A-VM BIOS 5001 1. Beta Bios for Supporting AM3 CPUs. 2. System still able to POST when set CPU Multiplier to 35X, but actual frequency will not change. 3. Due to chipset limitation, Max HT Link is 1000MHz only. 4. It will no display if downgrade Bios to lower version. File Size 550,51 (KBytes) 2010.04.14 update Download from Global (DLM) Global Version 2302 Description M2A-VM HDMI BIOS 2302 Fix the problem that system may hang on post when use AM2 cpu. File Size 540,14 (KBytes) 2009.02.13 update Download from Global (DLM) Global http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=M2A-VM+HDMI&p=1&s=24 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html