Re: crashing on lowmem-only config (was: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm)

2008-01-07 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Dhaval Giani wrote: .config This appears to be unrelated, but booting this configuration on a stock 2.6.24-rc7 kernel crashes during bootup with no initrd if the memory size is 896 MB or less (i.e. lowmem only): Bad page state in process 'swapper' page:c1b59800 flags:0xdead4aad

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2008-01-07 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Dhaval Giani wrote: Could you give more details of your setup? I'm trying to figure out exactly what it is in kexec that goes goofy, but there seems to be an enormous number of codepaths, all different, depending on things like which kind of kernel. The more closely I can replicate your

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2008-01-07 Thread Dhaval Giani
On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 09:43:38AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Dhaval Giani wrote: >> Hi Vivek, >> >> I can't seem to get the latest -mm (2.6.24-rc6-mm1) to boot with >> kexec. It just gets stuck at "Starting new kernel". >> >> It does boot normally when booted as the first kernel. >> >> Any

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2008-01-07 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Dhaval Giani wrote: Hi Vivek, I can't seem to get the latest -mm (2.6.24-rc6-mm1) to boot with kexec. It just gets stuck at "Starting new kernel". It does boot normally when booted as the first kernel. Any hints debugging? (x86 architecture) Hi Dhaval, Could you give more details of your

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2008-01-07 Thread Dhaval Giani
> commit 7dd838ea7afa42a8840cf0e262d5892346ecf379 > Author: H. Peter Anvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat Jan 5 13:27:04 2008 +0100 > sorry, forgot the subject, it is i386: handle an initrd in highmem -- regards, Dhaval -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2008-01-07 Thread Dhaval Giani
On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 02:37:29PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Dhaval Giani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So I went ahead and bisected -mm, and the culprit is git-x86. It boots > > fine before it, but with git-x86 applied, it fails to boot. > > > > Ingo/Thomas, could you please point me

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2008-01-07 Thread Dhaval Giani
On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 02:37:29PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: * Dhaval Giani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I went ahead and bisected -mm, and the culprit is git-x86. It boots fine before it, but with git-x86 applied, it fails to boot. Ingo/Thomas, could you please point me to the

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2008-01-07 Thread Dhaval Giani
commit 7dd838ea7afa42a8840cf0e262d5892346ecf379 Author: H. Peter Anvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat Jan 5 13:27:04 2008 +0100 sorry, forgot the subject, it is i386: handle an initrd in highmem -- regards, Dhaval -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2008-01-07 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Dhaval Giani wrote: Hi Vivek, I can't seem to get the latest -mm (2.6.24-rc6-mm1) to boot with kexec. It just gets stuck at Starting new kernel. It does boot normally when booted as the first kernel. Any hints debugging? (x86 architecture) Hi Dhaval, Could you give more details of your

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2008-01-07 Thread Dhaval Giani
On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 09:43:38AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: Dhaval Giani wrote: Hi Vivek, I can't seem to get the latest -mm (2.6.24-rc6-mm1) to boot with kexec. It just gets stuck at Starting new kernel. It does boot normally when booted as the first kernel. Any hints debugging? (x86

Re: crashing on lowmem-only config (was: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm)

2008-01-07 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Dhaval Giani wrote: .config This appears to be unrelated, but booting this configuration on a stock 2.6.24-rc7 kernel crashes during bootup with no initrd if the memory size is 896 MB or less (i.e. lowmem only): Bad page state in process 'swapper' page:c1b59800 flags:0xdead4aad

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2008-01-06 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Dhaval Giani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I went ahead and bisected -mm, and the culprit is git-x86. It boots > fine before it, but with git-x86 applied, it fails to boot. > > Ingo/Thomas, could you please point me to the git-x86 tree so that I > can bisect it? (with instructions on how

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2008-01-06 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Dhaval Giani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I went ahead and bisected -mm, and the culprit is git-x86. It boots fine before it, but with git-x86 applied, it fails to boot. Ingo/Thomas, could you please point me to the git-x86 tree so that I can bisect it? (with instructions on how to pull

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2008-01-05 Thread Andrew Morton
On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 21:24:15 +0530 Dhaval Giani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 05:58:16PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 10:42:00PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > On Thursday, 3 of January 2008, Dhaval Giani wrote: > > > > On Mon, Dec 31, 2007

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2008-01-05 Thread Andrew Morton
On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 21:24:15 +0530 Dhaval Giani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 05:58:16PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 10:42:00PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: On Thursday, 3 of January 2008, Dhaval Giani wrote: On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 10:08:43AM

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2008-01-04 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Friday, 4 of January 2008, Dhaval Giani wrote: > On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 10:42:00PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > On Thursday, 3 of January 2008, Dhaval Giani wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 10:08:43AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: > > > > On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 11:11:13AM +0530, Dhaval

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2008-01-04 Thread Dhaval Giani
On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 05:58:16PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: > On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 10:42:00PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > On Thursday, 3 of January 2008, Dhaval Giani wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 10:08:43AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: > > > > On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 11:11:13AM

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2008-01-04 Thread Dhaval Giani
On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 10:42:00PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Thursday, 3 of January 2008, Dhaval Giani wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 10:08:43AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: > > > On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 11:11:13AM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: > > > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 09:27:39AM

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2008-01-04 Thread Dhaval Giani
On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 10:42:00PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: On Thursday, 3 of January 2008, Dhaval Giani wrote: On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 10:08:43AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 11:11:13AM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 09:27:39AM -0500,

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2008-01-04 Thread Dhaval Giani
On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 05:58:16PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 10:42:00PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: On Thursday, 3 of January 2008, Dhaval Giani wrote: On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 10:08:43AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 11:11:13AM +0530,

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2008-01-04 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Friday, 4 of January 2008, Dhaval Giani wrote: On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 10:42:00PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: On Thursday, 3 of January 2008, Dhaval Giani wrote: On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 10:08:43AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 11:11:13AM +0530, Dhaval Giani

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2008-01-03 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Thursday, 3 of January 2008, Dhaval Giani wrote: > On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 10:08:43AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 11:11:13AM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 09:27:39AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: > > > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:15:32PM +0530,

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2008-01-03 Thread Dhaval Giani
On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 10:08:43AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: > On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 11:11:13AM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 09:27:39AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:15:32PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: > > > > Hi Vivek, > > > > > > > > I

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2008-01-03 Thread Dhaval Giani
On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 10:08:43AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 11:11:13AM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 09:27:39AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:15:32PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: Hi Vivek, I can't seem to get the

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2008-01-03 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Thursday, 3 of January 2008, Dhaval Giani wrote: On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 10:08:43AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 11:11:13AM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 09:27:39AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:15:32PM +0530, Dhaval

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2007-12-31 Thread Dhaval Giani
On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 10:06:58AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: > On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 11:11:13AM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 09:27:39AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:15:32PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: > > > > Hi Vivek, > > > > > > > > I

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2007-12-31 Thread Vivek Goyal
On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 11:11:13AM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 09:27:39AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:15:32PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: > > > Hi Vivek, > > > > > > I can't seem to get the latest -mm (2.6.24-rc6-mm1) to boot with > > > kexec.

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2007-12-31 Thread Vivek Goyal
On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 11:11:13AM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 09:27:39AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:15:32PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: > > > Hi Vivek, > > > > > > I can't seem to get the latest -mm (2.6.24-rc6-mm1) to boot with > > > kexec.

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2007-12-31 Thread Vivek Goyal
On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 11:11:13AM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 09:27:39AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:15:32PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: > > > Hi Vivek, > > > > > > I can't seem to get the latest -mm (2.6.24-rc6-mm1) to boot with > > > kexec.

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2007-12-31 Thread Vivek Goyal
On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 11:11:13AM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 09:27:39AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:15:32PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: Hi Vivek, I can't seem to get the latest -mm (2.6.24-rc6-mm1) to boot with kexec. It just gets

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2007-12-31 Thread Vivek Goyal
On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 11:11:13AM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 09:27:39AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:15:32PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: Hi Vivek, I can't seem to get the latest -mm (2.6.24-rc6-mm1) to boot with kexec. It just gets

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2007-12-31 Thread Vivek Goyal
On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 11:11:13AM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 09:27:39AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:15:32PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: Hi Vivek, I can't seem to get the latest -mm (2.6.24-rc6-mm1) to boot with kexec. It just gets

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2007-12-31 Thread Dhaval Giani
On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 10:06:58AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 11:11:13AM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 09:27:39AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:15:32PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: Hi Vivek, I can't seem to get the

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2007-12-28 Thread Dhaval Giani
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 09:27:39AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:15:32PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: > > Hi Vivek, > > > > I can't seem to get the latest -mm (2.6.24-rc6-mm1) to boot with > > kexec. It just gets stuck at "Starting new kernel". > > > > It does boot

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2007-12-28 Thread Dhaval Giani
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 02:54:45PM -0500, Neil Horman wrote: > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:15:32PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: > > Hi Vivek, > > > > I can't seem to get the latest -mm (2.6.24-rc6-mm1) to boot with > > kexec. It just gets stuck at "Starting new kernel". > > > > It does boot

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2007-12-28 Thread Neil Horman
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:15:32PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: > Hi Vivek, > > I can't seem to get the latest -mm (2.6.24-rc6-mm1) to boot with > kexec. It just gets stuck at "Starting new kernel". > > It does boot normally when booted as the first kernel. > > Any hints debugging? (x86

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2007-12-28 Thread Vivek Goyal
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:15:32PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: > Hi Vivek, > > I can't seem to get the latest -mm (2.6.24-rc6-mm1) to boot with > kexec. It just gets stuck at "Starting new kernel". > > It does boot normally when booted as the first kernel. > > Any hints debugging? (x86

kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2007-12-28 Thread Dhaval Giani
Hi Vivek, I can't seem to get the latest -mm (2.6.24-rc6-mm1) to boot with kexec. It just gets stuck at "Starting new kernel". It does boot normally when booted as the first kernel. Any hints debugging? (x86 architecture) -- regards, Dhaval -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2007-12-28 Thread Dhaval Giani
Hi Vivek, I can't seem to get the latest -mm (2.6.24-rc6-mm1) to boot with kexec. It just gets stuck at Starting new kernel. It does boot normally when booted as the first kernel. Any hints debugging? (x86 architecture) -- regards, Dhaval -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2007-12-28 Thread Vivek Goyal
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:15:32PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: Hi Vivek, I can't seem to get the latest -mm (2.6.24-rc6-mm1) to boot with kexec. It just gets stuck at Starting new kernel. It does boot normally when booted as the first kernel. Any hints debugging? (x86 architecture) I

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2007-12-28 Thread Neil Horman
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:15:32PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: Hi Vivek, I can't seem to get the latest -mm (2.6.24-rc6-mm1) to boot with kexec. It just gets stuck at Starting new kernel. It does boot normally when booted as the first kernel. Any hints debugging? (x86 architecture) --

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2007-12-28 Thread Dhaval Giani
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 02:54:45PM -0500, Neil Horman wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:15:32PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: Hi Vivek, I can't seem to get the latest -mm (2.6.24-rc6-mm1) to boot with kexec. It just gets stuck at Starting new kernel. It does boot normally when booted

Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

2007-12-28 Thread Dhaval Giani
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 09:27:39AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:15:32PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: Hi Vivek, I can't seem to get the latest -mm (2.6.24-rc6-mm1) to boot with kexec. It just gets stuck at Starting new kernel. It does boot normally when booted