linux-kernel - Re: early boot lockup with 2.6.23-rc1

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Message-ID: <20070810192030.GB1916@nalle>
Date:	Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:20:31 +0300
From:	Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli@....fi>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: early boot lockup with 2.6.23-rc1

On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 09:45:31AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Let me get this straight... "edd=skipmbr" boots fine, but commenting out
> the call to query_edd() didn't?  Could you please try that (and, I
> guess, only that), and make sure everything necessary is rebuild.
>
> 2.6.23-*rc2* you say boots fine with "edd=skipmbr", but not without?

Yes, vanilla 2.6.23-rc2 with edd=skipmbr boots fine.

> Did you try the above commenting-out on rc2?

Yes, didn't work with 2.6.23-rc2 but printed one dot in the upper left
corner after grub stuff.

> Just don't want to be chasing ghosts.

I've bisected thus far, if it helps:

$ git-bisect log
git-bisect start
# good: [4eb6bf6bfb580afaf1e1a1d30cba17a078530cf4]
# lots-of-architectures: enable arbitary speed tty support
git-bisect good 4eb6bf6bfb580afaf1e1a1d30cba17a078530cf4
# bad: [773208946a132fb733ba273ee8562814f828cc28] Revert "USB: fix
# gregkh-usb-usb-use-menuconfig-objects"
git-bisect bad 773208946a132fb733ba273ee8562814f828cc28
# bad: [dc690d8ef842b464f1c429a376ca16cb8dbee6ae] Merge
# master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6
git-bisect bad dc690d8ef842b464f1c429a376ca16cb8dbee6ae

-Mikko
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