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From: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se>
To: Maurice Volaski <mvolaski@aecom.yu.edu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.11-r1 freezes dual 2.5 GHz PowerMac G5
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:28:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <16879.31182.438866.298939@alkaid.it.uu.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a06100502be077de5e936@[129.98.90.227]>

Maurice Volaski writes:
 > I am running Gentoo with a fresh 2.6.11-r1. I have all the kernel 
 > debugging options turned on. Occasionally, I can get past the boot 
 > process, but half the time it freezes somewhere along the way. If 
 > not, I do get to boot, it doesn't take very long for it to freeze.

Did 2.6.10 work Ok? Try the patch below, it fixes 2.6.11-rc1 boot
lockups on both my Beige G3 (locks up in ADB driver) and my G4 eMac
(locks up in radeonfb).

--- linux-2.6.11-rc1/init/main.c.~1~	2005-01-15 03:30:25.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.11-rc1/init/main.c	2005-01-15 03:31:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ static void noinline rest_init(void)
 	 * Re-enable preemption but disable interrupts to make sure
 	 * we dont get preempted until we schedule() in cpu_idle().
 	 */
-	local_irq_disable();
+//	local_irq_disable();
 	preempt_enable_no_resched();
 	unlock_kernel();
  	cpu_idle();

  reply	other threads:[~2005-01-20  9:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-01-10  0:33 2.6.11-r1 freezes dual 2.5 GHz PowerMac G5 Maurice Volaski
2005-01-20  9:28 ` Mikael Pettersson [this message]
2005-01-29  0:49   ` Maurice Volaski

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