> hey Dave, > I'm wondering if this is an occurrence of #494365. Can you test this > build to see if it fixes this issue for you? > > http://people.debian.org/~dannf/bugs/494365/
Thanks for the test build. I just tried it, but the behavior remains unchanged: kernel freezes unless the boot parameter "hpet=disabled" is supplied. I read the 494365 BTS page first, and guessed that it probably would not fix my issue: when you replied that 494365 "was later fixed during 2.6.27 development by [8004dd965b13b01a96def054d420f6df7ff22d53]" I knew that this test build kernel would not fix mine. After I took Bastian's advice to bisect using git, I ended up with a nice git tree which I could use to obtain any version I wanted to test. One of the first things the LKML folks asked me to do was build an up-to-date 2.6.27 kernel, and I found it also freezes. Please note: my last message in this thread pretty much begged for "a Debian Kernel Team member to go to bat for me" because I felt that the LKML people were not going to respond. I was wrong. After I did some more digging, and added "RCU problem" to the subject line in my LKML posts, it started getting more attention. Since Saturday there has been much discussion, though not really any progress besides ruling out what the problem is not, but the right folks are scratching there heads about it. If someone on the kernel team did raise awareness for me with the kernel folks, I really appreciate it. In any case, it has been noticed at LKML, and I was asking for no more than that. Thanks Dann, Dave W. BTW: The LKML posts on this can be viewed (via the mixed up LKML archive web interface) starting at these links: http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0808.0/index.html#1723 http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0808.1/index.html#0117 http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0808.1/index.html#0523 http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0808.1/index.html#1272 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
