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Message-ID: <4699F9CB.5010407@arcor.de> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:41:15 +0200 From: Timo Lindemann <tlindemann@...or.de> To: David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net> CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: PROBLEM: kernel hang in ohci init David Brownell wrote: > On Thursday 12 July 2007, Satyam Sharma wrote: > > Note that hangs in that file almost always mean "your BIOS is goofy". > Hunt for BIOS settings related to USB, and change them. This laptop's BIOS only offers "legacy support" enabled or disabled, both of which lead to frozen kernel. I will investigate whether the GIT tree freezes at the same point. >>> after this, kernel apparently goes into busy waiting (fans gradually >>> turn louder) and hangs indefinitely. I have also made sure that writel >>> (in linux/include/asm/io.h) really is entered, but never returns. > > Does the current kernel.org GIT tree do the same thing? A bunch > of USB patches were recently merged, including ISTR one in that > area ... It does the same thing, git5, that is. Sorry I took so long, but I didnt get to testing this earlier. It is just odd that up to (not including) the 2.6.21-series every kernel boots, and after that, they just freeze. I am kinda stumped here. Regards TL -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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