linux-kernel - Re: Linux-2.6.21 hangs during post boot initialization phase

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.0.98.0704262035410.9964@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:36:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Peter Williams <pwil3058@...pond.net.au>
cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux-2.6.21 hangs during post boot initialization phase



On Fri, 27 Apr 2007, Peter Williams wrote:
>
> The 2.6.21 kernel is hanging during the post boot phase where various daemons
> are being started (not always the same daemon unfortunately).
> 
> This problem was not present in 2.6.21-rc7 and there is no oops or other
> unusual output in the system log at the time the hang occurs.

Can you use "git bisect" to narrow it down a bit more? It's only 125 
commits, so bisecting even just three or four kernels will narrow it down 
to a handful.

		Linus
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