Re: [REGRESSION] 2.6.25-rc1 does not boot on Alpha
Ivan Kokshaysky wrote: > On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 11:14:43AM -0600, Bob Tracy wrote: > > Ivan Kokshaysky wrote: > > > No SMP, no PRINTK_TIMESTAMPS in my case. Looks like it dies trying to > > > to switch to vga console, but I had no time to debug this yet... > > > > Same basic configuration as Ivan. Concur with the observation that > > death seems to happen during the console switch. Using the radeonfb > > driver (built-in, default graphics mode 80x30). > > As Peter pointed out in other mail, this is fixed by > > http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/1/28/100 Confirmed. This fixes 2.6.25-rc1 for me. I'm running on it as I type this. -- Bob Tracy | "I was a beta tester for dirt. They never did [EMAIL PROTECTED] | get all the bugs out." - Steve McGrew on /. -- 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/
Re: [REGRESSION] 2.6.25-rc1 does not boot on Alpha
Ivan Kokshaysky wrote: > On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 11:14:43AM -0600, Bob Tracy wrote: > > Ivan Kokshaysky wrote: > > > No SMP, no PRINTK_TIMESTAMPS in my case. Looks like it dies trying to > > > to switch to vga console, but I had no time to debug this yet... > > > > Same basic configuration as Ivan. Concur with the observation that > > death seems to happen during the console switch. Using the radeonfb > > driver (built-in, default graphics mode 80x30). > > As Peter pointed out in other mail, this is fixed by > > http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/1/28/100 ACK. I'll confirm it works for me this evening. Good catch, all. -- Bob Tracy | "I was a beta tester for dirt. They never did [EMAIL PROTECTED] | get all the bugs out." - Steve McGrew on /. -- 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/
Re: [REGRESSION] 2.6.25-rc1 does not boot on Alpha
Peter Zijlstra wrote: > Does: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/1/28/100 > > help? I'll give that a try this evening or tomorrow and let you know. -- Bob Tracy | "I was a beta tester for dirt. They never did [EMAIL PROTECTED] | get all the bugs out." - Steve McGrew on /. -- 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/
Re: [REGRESSION] 2.6.25-rc1 does not boot on Alpha
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 11:14:43AM -0600, Bob Tracy wrote: > Ivan Kokshaysky wrote: > > No SMP, no PRINTK_TIMESTAMPS in my case. Looks like it dies trying to > > to switch to vga console, but I had no time to debug this yet... > > Same basic configuration as Ivan. Concur with the observation that > death seems to happen during the console switch. Using the radeonfb > driver (built-in, default graphics mode 80x30). As Peter pointed out in other mail, this is fixed by http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/1/28/100 Ivan. -- 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/
Re: [REGRESSION] 2.6.25-rc1 does not boot on Alpha
On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 23:29 -0600, Bob Tracy wrote: > This isn't going to be terribly useful other than giving someone a > heads-up there's a problem with something in 2.6.25-rc1 on the Alpha > PWS 433au. I get the usual messages out of "aboot", including > > aboot: zero-filling 210392 bytes at 0xfc776740 > aboot: starting kernel vmlinux.new.gz with argument ro root=/dev/sda3 > > and then the screen background switches to red and the machine locks > up solid. No further console output. Completely reproducible. The > 2.6.24 kernel is fine. > > Unless someone has a good idea what's causing this, I see a massive > "git bisect" project in my future. Won't be able to spend any time with > this until at least the weekend :-(. Does: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/1/28/100 help? -- 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/
Re: [REGRESSION] 2.6.25-rc1 does not boot on Alpha
Ivan Kokshaysky wrote: > No SMP, no PRINTK_TIMESTAMPS in my case. Looks like it dies trying to > to switch to vga console, but I had no time to debug this yet... Same basic configuration as Ivan. Concur with the observation that death seems to happen during the console switch. Using the radeonfb driver (built-in, default graphics mode 80x30). -- Bob Tracy | "I was a beta tester for dirt. They never did [EMAIL PROTECTED] | get all the bugs out." - Steve McGrew on /. -- 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/
Re: [REGRESSION] 2.6.25-rc1 does not boot on Alpha
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 02:04:32PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > Unless someone has a good idea what's causing this, I see a massive > > > "git bisect" project in my future. Won't be able to spend any time > > > with this until at least the weekend :-(. > > > > hm, is this SMP? Alpha uses asm-generic/percpu.h. One "early bootup" > > effect on Alpha that i can think of could have been this family of > > commits: > > another possibility would be to turn off PRINTK_TIMESTAMPS [if they are > on in your .config]. No SMP, no PRINTK_TIMESTAMPS in my case. Looks like it dies trying to to switch to vga console, but I had no time to debug this yet... Ivan. -- 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/
Re: [REGRESSION] 2.6.25-rc1 does not boot on Alpha
* Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Unless someone has a good idea what's causing this, I see a massive > > "git bisect" project in my future. Won't be able to spend any time > > with this until at least the weekend :-(. > > hm, is this SMP? Alpha uses asm-generic/percpu.h. One "early bootup" > effect on Alpha that i can think of could have been this family of > commits: another possibility would be to turn off PRINTK_TIMESTAMPS [if they are on in your .config]. Ingo -- 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/
Re: [REGRESSION] 2.6.25-rc1 does not boot on Alpha
* Bob Tracy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This isn't going to be terribly useful other than giving someone a > heads-up there's a problem with something in 2.6.25-rc1 on the Alpha > PWS 433au. I get the usual messages out of "aboot", including > > aboot: zero-filling 210392 bytes at 0xfc776740 aboot: starting > kernel vmlinux.new.gz with argument ro root=/dev/sda3 > > and then the screen background switches to red and the machine locks > up solid. No further console output. Completely reproducible. The > 2.6.24 kernel is fine. > > Unless someone has a good idea what's causing this, I see a massive > "git bisect" project in my future. Won't be able to spend any time > with this until at least the weekend :-(. hm, is this SMP? Alpha uses asm-generic/percpu.h. One "early bootup" effect on Alpha that i can think of could have been this family of commits: commit acdac87202a408133ee8f7985076de9d2e0dc5ab Author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed Jan 30 13:32:52 2008 +0100 percpu: make the asm-generic/percpu.h more "generic" you wont be able to revert this patch cleanly, perhaps try to compile commit cf8fa920cb4271f17e0265c863d64bea1b31941a and see whether it boots. (that tree does not have the percpu changes yet) if that doesnt help then i guess it's the bisection of 9000+ commits :-/ Ingo -- 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/
Re: [REGRESSION] 2.6.25-rc1 does not boot on Alpha
* Bob Tracy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This isn't going to be terribly useful other than giving someone a heads-up there's a problem with something in 2.6.25-rc1 on the Alpha PWS 433au. I get the usual messages out of aboot, including aboot: zero-filling 210392 bytes at 0xfc776740 aboot: starting kernel vmlinux.new.gz with argument ro root=/dev/sda3 and then the screen background switches to red and the machine locks up solid. No further console output. Completely reproducible. The 2.6.24 kernel is fine. Unless someone has a good idea what's causing this, I see a massive git bisect project in my future. Won't be able to spend any time with this until at least the weekend :-(. hm, is this SMP? Alpha uses asm-generic/percpu.h. One early bootup effect on Alpha that i can think of could have been this family of commits: commit acdac87202a408133ee8f7985076de9d2e0dc5ab Author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed Jan 30 13:32:52 2008 +0100 percpu: make the asm-generic/percpu.h more generic you wont be able to revert this patch cleanly, perhaps try to compile commit cf8fa920cb4271f17e0265c863d64bea1b31941a and see whether it boots. (that tree does not have the percpu changes yet) if that doesnt help then i guess it's the bisection of 9000+ commits :-/ Ingo -- 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/
Re: [REGRESSION] 2.6.25-rc1 does not boot on Alpha
* Ingo Molnar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unless someone has a good idea what's causing this, I see a massive git bisect project in my future. Won't be able to spend any time with this until at least the weekend :-(. hm, is this SMP? Alpha uses asm-generic/percpu.h. One early bootup effect on Alpha that i can think of could have been this family of commits: another possibility would be to turn off PRINTK_TIMESTAMPS [if they are on in your .config]. Ingo -- 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/
Re: [REGRESSION] 2.6.25-rc1 does not boot on Alpha
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 02:04:32PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: Unless someone has a good idea what's causing this, I see a massive git bisect project in my future. Won't be able to spend any time with this until at least the weekend :-(. hm, is this SMP? Alpha uses asm-generic/percpu.h. One early bootup effect on Alpha that i can think of could have been this family of commits: another possibility would be to turn off PRINTK_TIMESTAMPS [if they are on in your .config]. No SMP, no PRINTK_TIMESTAMPS in my case. Looks like it dies trying to to switch to vga console, but I had no time to debug this yet... Ivan. -- 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/
Re: [REGRESSION] 2.6.25-rc1 does not boot on Alpha
Ivan Kokshaysky wrote: No SMP, no PRINTK_TIMESTAMPS in my case. Looks like it dies trying to to switch to vga console, but I had no time to debug this yet... Same basic configuration as Ivan. Concur with the observation that death seems to happen during the console switch. Using the radeonfb driver (built-in, default graphics mode 80x30). -- Bob Tracy | I was a beta tester for dirt. They never did [EMAIL PROTECTED] | get all the bugs out. - Steve McGrew on /. -- 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/
Re: [REGRESSION] 2.6.25-rc1 does not boot on Alpha
On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 23:29 -0600, Bob Tracy wrote: This isn't going to be terribly useful other than giving someone a heads-up there's a problem with something in 2.6.25-rc1 on the Alpha PWS 433au. I get the usual messages out of aboot, including aboot: zero-filling 210392 bytes at 0xfc776740 aboot: starting kernel vmlinux.new.gz with argument ro root=/dev/sda3 and then the screen background switches to red and the machine locks up solid. No further console output. Completely reproducible. The 2.6.24 kernel is fine. Unless someone has a good idea what's causing this, I see a massive git bisect project in my future. Won't be able to spend any time with this until at least the weekend :-(. Does: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/1/28/100 help? -- 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/
Re: [REGRESSION] 2.6.25-rc1 does not boot on Alpha
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 11:14:43AM -0600, Bob Tracy wrote: Ivan Kokshaysky wrote: No SMP, no PRINTK_TIMESTAMPS in my case. Looks like it dies trying to to switch to vga console, but I had no time to debug this yet... Same basic configuration as Ivan. Concur with the observation that death seems to happen during the console switch. Using the radeonfb driver (built-in, default graphics mode 80x30). As Peter pointed out in other mail, this is fixed by http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/1/28/100 Ivan. -- 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/
Re: [REGRESSION] 2.6.25-rc1 does not boot on Alpha
Peter Zijlstra wrote: Does: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/1/28/100 help? I'll give that a try this evening or tomorrow and let you know. -- Bob Tracy | I was a beta tester for dirt. They never did [EMAIL PROTECTED] | get all the bugs out. - Steve McGrew on /. -- 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/
Re: [REGRESSION] 2.6.25-rc1 does not boot on Alpha
Ivan Kokshaysky wrote: On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 11:14:43AM -0600, Bob Tracy wrote: Ivan Kokshaysky wrote: No SMP, no PRINTK_TIMESTAMPS in my case. Looks like it dies trying to to switch to vga console, but I had no time to debug this yet... Same basic configuration as Ivan. Concur with the observation that death seems to happen during the console switch. Using the radeonfb driver (built-in, default graphics mode 80x30). As Peter pointed out in other mail, this is fixed by http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/1/28/100 ACK. I'll confirm it works for me this evening. Good catch, all. -- Bob Tracy | I was a beta tester for dirt. They never did [EMAIL PROTECTED] | get all the bugs out. - Steve McGrew on /. -- 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/
Re: [REGRESSION] 2.6.25-rc1 does not boot on Alpha
Ivan Kokshaysky wrote: On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 11:14:43AM -0600, Bob Tracy wrote: Ivan Kokshaysky wrote: No SMP, no PRINTK_TIMESTAMPS in my case. Looks like it dies trying to to switch to vga console, but I had no time to debug this yet... Same basic configuration as Ivan. Concur with the observation that death seems to happen during the console switch. Using the radeonfb driver (built-in, default graphics mode 80x30). As Peter pointed out in other mail, this is fixed by http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/1/28/100 Confirmed. This fixes 2.6.25-rc1 for me. I'm running on it as I type this. -- Bob Tracy | I was a beta tester for dirt. They never did [EMAIL PROTECTED] | get all the bugs out. - Steve McGrew on /. -- 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/
[REGRESSION] 2.6.25-rc1 does not boot on Alpha
This isn't going to be terribly useful other than giving someone a heads-up there's a problem with something in 2.6.25-rc1 on the Alpha PWS 433au. I get the usual messages out of "aboot", including aboot: zero-filling 210392 bytes at 0xfc776740 aboot: starting kernel vmlinux.new.gz with argument ro root=/dev/sda3 and then the screen background switches to red and the machine locks up solid. No further console output. Completely reproducible. The 2.6.24 kernel is fine. Unless someone has a good idea what's causing this, I see a massive "git bisect" project in my future. Won't be able to spend any time with this until at least the weekend :-(. -- Bob Tracy | "I was a beta tester for dirt. They never did [EMAIL PROTECTED] | get all the bugs out." - Steve McGrew on /. -- 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/
[REGRESSION] 2.6.25-rc1 does not boot on Alpha
This isn't going to be terribly useful other than giving someone a heads-up there's a problem with something in 2.6.25-rc1 on the Alpha PWS 433au. I get the usual messages out of aboot, including aboot: zero-filling 210392 bytes at 0xfc776740 aboot: starting kernel vmlinux.new.gz with argument ro root=/dev/sda3 and then the screen background switches to red and the machine locks up solid. No further console output. Completely reproducible. The 2.6.24 kernel is fine. Unless someone has a good idea what's causing this, I see a massive git bisect project in my future. Won't be able to spend any time with this until at least the weekend :-(. -- Bob Tracy | I was a beta tester for dirt. They never did [EMAIL PROTECTED] | get all the bugs out. - Steve McGrew on /. -- 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/
