* Alexander Nyberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050407 02:31]: > > > > Here's an updated dyn-tick patch. Some minor fixes: > > > > > > Doesn't look so good here. I get this with 2.6.12-rc2 (plus a few other > > > patches). > > > Disabling Dynamic Tick makes everything happy again (it boots). > > > > > > [4294688.655000] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at > > > virtual address 00000000 > > > > Thanks for trying it out. What kind of hardware do you have? Does it > > have HPET? It looks like no suitable timer for dyn-tick is found... > > Maybe the following patch helps? > > > ===== arch/i386/kernel/Makefile 1.67 vs edited ===== > --- 1.67/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile 2005-01-26 06:21:13 +01:00 > +++ edited/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile 2005-04-07 11:21:19 +02:00 > @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_SRAT) += srat.o > obj-$(CONFIG_HPET_TIMER) += time_hpet.o > obj-$(CONFIG_EFI) += efi.o efi_stub.o > obj-$(CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK) += early_printk.o > +obj-$(CONFIG_NO_IDLE_HZ) += dyn-tick.o > > EXTRA_AFLAGS := -traditional
Ah, that explains :) Thanks! Tony - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
