linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Avoid PIT SMP lockups

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Date:	Wed, 11 Oct 2006 22:31:49 +0300
From:	"S.Çağlar Onur" <caglar@...dus.org.tr>
To:	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
Cc:	kraxel@...e.de, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Avoid PIT SMP lockups

11 Eki 2006 Çar 22:26 tarihinde, john stultz şunları yazmıştı: 
> On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 22:09 +0300, S.Çağlar Onur wrote:
> > 11 Eki 2006 Çar 21:43 tarihinde, john stultz şunları yazmıştı:
> > > S.Çağlar: Didn't follow this bit at all. Could you explain a bit more?
> >
> > Of course, while system boots kernel waits ~5 seconds (maybe more) after
> > printing "Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in
> > supervisor mode... Ok." line without any visual activity and after that
> > waiting period kernel panics.
>
> And this results in the same panic you linked to earlier?

Yes, kernel only panics if it waits there, if somehow can pass here (as i 
wrote before it can boot normally for every ~1/10 reboot) no panic occurs.

Cheers
-- 
S.Çağlar Onur <caglar@...dus.org.tr>
http://cekirdek.pardus.org.tr/~caglar/

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