On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 10:06:14PM -0500, valdis.kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote: > On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 10:29:33 +1100, "Tobin C. Harding" said: > > > (For the record I happened to be trying to learn about linux-next myself > > this morning and built a kernel that just goes into a reboot loop > > without even getting to the grub menu. > > OK, I'll bite - how can the kernel go into a reboot loop that doesn't get to the > grub menu? (Hint: How does your system get from the BIOS splash screen to > starting the kernel? :) That's not biting. Having to pointed out when I say something ridiculous is one of the reasons I like the kernel mailing lists so much. Re-reading my original comment in your response makes it bleedingly obvious that what I said was ridiculous. I must have been selecting the broken kernel in grub for it to boot - I still don't remember doing so but it wouldn't be the first time my memory has bent reality. > (Though I've seen kernels that flash the screen like they're rebooting but they're > actually hung in a loop, and I've heard some great bar stories about kexec/kdump > gone horribly astray and re-invoking the current kernel rather than the kexec target > kernel....) I appreciate your response Valdis, you always take the time to answer nood questions. thanks, Tobin. _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
