From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262098AbVATJaw (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Jan 2005 04:30:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262089AbVATJ32 (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Jan 2005 04:29:28 -0500 Received: from aun.it.uu.se ([130.238.12.36]:54753 "EHLO aun.it.uu.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262092AbVATJ2z (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Jan 2005 04:28:55 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16879.31182.438866.298939@alkaid.it.uu.se> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:28:46 +0100 From: Mikael Pettersson To: Maurice Volaski Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.11-r1 freezes dual 2.5 GHz PowerMac G5 In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under Emacs 20.7.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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();